| A recent IMDB post called Little Man the worst film of the decade. This is funny for two reasons – one, that the Wayans brothers are still allowed to make anything at all and that, four years from now, this will probably be true.
Actually, I’ll add a third – the Wayans have managed to simultaneously tap into the halted adolescence of our culture, while dragging it further into the depths of pop culture hell. Before the movie started, trinkets and T-shirts were thrown to the audience, who threw their hands up, mindlessly grabbing at thin- air like deprived babies aching for breast milk. During the screening, (which was to a packed theatre), the audience laughed throughout, with one woman in particular cackling maniacally at every putrid moment.
In the movie, Calvin (Marlon Wayans) plays a dwarf recently released from prison, who catches up with a buddy to steal a diamond, which they plan to sell to a gangster (Chazz Palminteri). Things don’t go as planned and the diamond ends up in Vanessa’s (Kerry Washington) purse. She and husband Darryl (Shawn Wayans), who’s aching to be a daddy, return home with it. Naturally, the two thieves figure it’s a good idea for the midget to act like a baby and steal the diamond back.
Dick and diaper jokes ensue. Marlon Wayans’ C.G.I. face attached to a flailing midget doesn’t sync up. There are a few disturbingly tepid racial jokes and nine separate gags that feature someone getting smacked in the balls. Ten years from now, when Little Man is named the worst movie of the decade, it will also be acknowledged that the Wayans brothers have set black culture back by at least as much. This abomination should not be seen by anyone. |
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