In one of the keystones of
the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, Pam Grier (Black
Mama, White Mama, Beyond
the Valley of the Dolls, The Big Doll House, Women in Cages)
is Foxy Brown, a sexy black woman on a mission of vengeance - with plenty of action,
violence, T&A and a funky soundtrack. (Grier is well known to more recent
audiences as Kit in "The L Word.") After her boyfriend (Terry
Carter) is killed by drug dealers, she plots her revenge and infiltrates the organization.
At one point, her friend (Juanita Brown, Caged Heat)
goes into a lesbian bar for a drink. Unfortunately, it's a stereotypical, lecherous
group of bar patrons, one of whom begins to feel up her friend. To get them out
of the bar, Foxy starts a fight by slinging chairs, and chaos ensues. The bar
fight is another opportunity to see Foxy in action, but it's such a negative portrayal
of lesbians that it's a sour point. Immediately after the fight, Foxy is
caught by the drug dealers and beaten, drugged and raped. She ingeniously escapes
her captors and then goes for the organization's kingpins. The leader is a woman,
and in the final scene, Foxy actually cuts off the penis of the woman's boyfriend
and delivers it to her in a pickle jar. Mission accomplished.
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