The theme of today's article is a comedy called"White crow". Actors in it played little-known. At least it was like that at the time the comedy was released on screens, but it happened in 1999. Social problems, the abundance of criminal elements in the American black ghetto - all this is shown in the "White Crow". Actors played their roles well, but without a hint of tragedy. In the script a lot of rude, situational humor. All this attracts the audience, but does not allow to take seriously to the "White Crow".
The main role was played by Mitch Mallany.The actor began his career with performances in the stand-up genre. In the late nineties Mallanie was bored with his monotonous, albeit creative work, and he decided to try his hand at literature. He did not write a novel, but something new writer was able to do. Namely - to compose a script. Called Mallany his "The Black Crow".
The actor played and the main role in the film onown scenario. In the filmography of his only six works. Among them, only one scenario - "The White Crow". The actor, unfortunately, passed away nine years after his film debut at the age of thirty-nine. What is the comedy, in the creation of which Mitch Mallanie played both as a screenwriter and as a protagonist?
The film tells about a cheerful and reckless lifea white guy named Derrick King, who lives in the black quarter. His biological parents are far away, in Ireland. My mother refused Derrick when he was very young. The boy was adopted by a large black family. And now a young man who grew up in a black poor neighborhood behaves like a typical African American. Moreover, the protagonist allows himself such liberties in dealing with his stern stepmother, which her daughters do not dare.
He feels completely at ease in prettyuncomfortable conditions. Derrick is not embarrassed by his atypical black skin color. One day he brings a girl to the house in order to get in touch with her. But unexpectedly is the mother. She finds her adopted son in disgraceful work right in her own home. The infuriated woman drives the girl of easy virtue out the door, and the guy himself is given a stern warning. Then he gives the main character a simple at first glance task - to go to the supermarket and buy a bottle of milk.
Young man realizing that he committed a seriousoffense, without further ado goes to the store. However, he immediately forgets what his adoptive parent requested. It overwhelms the patience of a woman. She just puts the poor guy out the door.
But the trouble for the guy is not over.Negligent employee dismissed from work. In addition, the police confiscate the car, writing a bunch of fines for the improper appearance of the car. Such problems, fallen on the shoulders of a person in one day, will break anyone, but not the hero of the film “White Crow”. He goes to seek help and solutions to his troubles on the street, where, in fact, he spent most of his life. Here, a good-natured young man helps a kid who is in trouble, who from under the floor trades in prohibited drugs. And then in the life of King come the really difficult times. Derrick accidentally crosses the road to a local crime boss.
The White Raven himself played the musicianGeorge Clinton The only female role in the comedy was played by Loretta Devine, an actress who is popular in the United States and has an Emmy award for her role in the TV series Passion Anatomy. Other Actors of the White Crow movie: Darius McCrari, Lamont Bentley, Edwin Hodge. The comedy is also played by rapper and TV presenter Elin Nathaniel Joyner.
