Warner Bros., a prominent Hollywood production company, shaped how Uptown Saturday Night interacted with a mass, mostly white, audience, and therefore limited the movie’s ability to explore the racial themes and issues seen in other mostly…
Despite taking place in a different setting, Boss Nigger continues to reproduce the stereotype of black masculinity seen throughout the Blaxploitation genre. On the promotional material for Boss Nigger, the star, Boss (Fred Williamson), runs towards…