The De-evolution of the Man...John Shaft

[Verse 1]
Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft)
Ya damn right

[Verse 2]
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft)
Can you dig it?

[Verse 3]
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
(Shaft)
Right on

[Bridge]
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother...
(Shut your mouth)
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft
(Then we can dig it)

[Outro]
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)





So, I had to have babycakes watch the original Shaft since she hadn't seen it and needed culture injected into her. lol  We had went to see the latest Shaft movie that came out this year and the Man barometer had to be revealed properly.

Shaft is the Man icon that stood out from all the rest. He stood up for himself, people and didn't take shit or had to be some sensitive, estrogen laden approximation of something. 

The theme lyrics even laid out the principles and understanding of being the Man's Man. Strong, intelligent, resilient, confident and driven.

And i hear the people hollering about evolution and all that rah rah. But that has nothing to do with the principles shown and lived by concerning the character.

So this 2019 version brought out the millennial and the super sensitivities that are today's modern age. 


My points:

Shaft has his child taken from him only to be blamed about everything that the mother chose to do and he decided to bow down to. And Shaft sees how his son is a creampuff with no actual experience or knowledge of life truly. Walking into a tenement in the hood like he is going to the wizard of oz proves my point. 

The fact that Shaft had to give up his son because of a choice by the mother denotes the need to lessen manhood on the screen as well as remove the thought of the nucleus of the black family unit. 

In this movie the female characters tend to do as much as they can to support negatives against the black man so that they could create the millenial shaft version that they seek due to the ability to control them and get them to conform. 


The wrap up:

i enjoyed the new movie for the entertainment. Because it was Shaft, with the original Richard Roundtree and Samuel Jackson. Add to the sexy ass rican from ny undercover and the sexy little thing that played Shaft's baby momma with the other cuties in the movie and I had a damn good time. And i will continue enjoying it as well. 

But I would be remiss not to point out the obvious attack on the black man portrayed in this. Even if it is so they can sell tickets.