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	Pimp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The female counterpart to a pimp is a madam, though this term is used almost solely with regard to brothels, as opposed to street prostitution.
		American pimps, as depicted in blaxploitation films, would be seen driving customized Cadillacs or Lincolns—Cadillac Eldorados in particular are seen as pimpmobiles.
		Pimp can also be used as a verb such as "You're pimped up!" or "Pimp my ride"; as such, it is an American slang term for being unique, "cool", or socially desirable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pimp (872 words)

	American Pimp
		One pimp (filmed at the Players Ball, an annual pimp convention) wears a ring that is at least half a foot long.
		All of the pimps in American Pimp frown upon the common stereotype.
		American Pimp is not a documentary that debates the rights or wrongs of a certain event or action.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/american_pimp.html (596 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - American Pimp
		While American Pimp does spend most of its time chronicling the lives of African-American pimps (with one notable exception, as we shall discuss shortly), the film subtly suggests that the association between pimping and fl culture is in part a media construct: life imitating art imitating life.
		The Hughes Brothers play with their audience's perception of pimping, seducing us with surreal images of flash and glamour (how seriously are we meant to take scenes like the 1998 Players' Ball, where one gleeful Superfly waves his "Pimp of the Year" trophy for all to see?) and the pimps' mile-a-minute salesman chatter.
		American Pimp may not be an easy documentary to watch, but it is an important examination of a disparaged and fading subculture—and beyond that, a critical perspective on the uncomfortable relationship between gender and power that still bubbles under the surface of our allegedly enlightened modern culture.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/americanpimp.php (1183 words)

	American Pimp
		Pimps are interviewed in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Washington DC and Atlanta.
		Consider the statement by a pimp that "A ho cannot be a ho without a pimp." It seems that the role of the pimp is not to get the streetwalker business, but to ensure her money is managed properly, that she has a place to live and is in general, protected.
		Pimp society creates its own status and recognition, as evidenced by the annual presentation of the Pimp of the Year Trophy (I'm not kidding).
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /2000/id160.htm (1007 words)

	American Pimp Movie: American Pimp DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		That they are exploiting women--as evidenced by the testimony of white "squares" at the beginning of the film--is rationalized by the almost-all-fl pimps, who live by their own code of ethics on the margins of a society that they claim needs them.
		Through it all, the Hughes brothers intercut the blaxploitation films that not only popularized pimps in the public imagination but were based on the culture of real pimps and in turn inspired a new generation to become pimps themselves.
		AMERICAN PIMP generated controversy at Sundance '99 for allegedly glamorizing the pimp lifestyle.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/027616854803IE (442 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: AMERICAN PIMP review
		These twin brothers are the directorial team that brought us Dead Presidents and Menace II Society, and with American Pimp they seemed to have turned their talents to the genre of documentary with ease.
		Clips from 70's pimp movies such as "The Mack" and "Willie Dynamite" are spliced in between segments to illustrate pimp depictions in pop culture.
		American Pimp is given the hot buttered soul Anamorphic treatment of a 1.85:1 ratio transfer.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_2/americanpimp.html (1025 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: American Pimp [IMPORT] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The directors placed a mirror is front of the pimps, and stuck a microphone in front of their mouths, and then the actions and the words of the pimps were recorded.
		Pimps are asked whether or not they consider giving their girls (and I have to use the word 'girls' here, but that is not the word used in the documentary) a percentage of the money they make.
		Pimps also remembered the girls who were murdered--one was commemorated by a very large diamond necklace, but at no point did a pimp say that he quit the business because of this or that girl's death.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/630601229X (1250 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Hughes Brothers are here to celebrate (and perhaps unintentionally glamorize) the American pimp (all fl, with the exception of the only legal pimp in the film who happens to be white, the owner of Nevada's Moonlight Bunny Ranch).
		American Pimp is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
		So a pimp don't be [putting his women on drugs]." On how pimps are portrayed in the media: "They have to include that little punk shit to make the pimpin' look raggedy.
	cynicsrule.freeservers.com /Orpolk/Amerpimp.htm (1156 words)

	REVIEW: Blaxploitation Verite? Hughes Brothers' "American Pimp"
		And the directors do a great job of disguising the fact this is really a bunch of talking heads; interviews are conducted while pimps are cruising their "track" (territory) in their big cars, or while getting a haircut (humorously, Redd is shot from between his legs looking up), and the editing is crisp.
		Where "American Pimp" gets into trouble is in the lack of a clear woman's point of view.
		There is also the hint of beatings and sometimes murder, especially when pimps are "knockin'" on each other (stealing other pimps' prostitutes), but no incidents are described and the Hughes brothers, at least in the final edit, don't ask tough questions on those subjects.
	www.indiewire.com /movies/rev_000609_Pimp.html (540 words)

	American Pimp VHS Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We are creatures that judge, but what is unexpected I think even by the filmmakers themselves is that as much as they try to remain objective in the documentary, the film itself closes with a judgment call of it's own whether or not consciously placed there by The Hughes Brothers, it is still there.
		The VHS edition of "American Pimp" presents the film in a full-framed (1.33:1) standard television format with English Dolby Stereo Surround.
		"American Pimp" will be available to rent on VHS and for sale at a suggested retail price of $19.98 on DVD day and date on October 17, 2000.
	members.aol.com /RiveraW5/american_pimp.html (281 words)

	Film & TV: American Pimp (Austin Chronicle . 08-14-00)
		Despite becoming favorable icons of the 1970s blaxploitation cinema and figures who are becoming copycat icons for some modern white rock stars, these fl urban pimps have rarely been heard in their own voices and narratives.
		American Pimp is an investigation of American business ingenuity, of how pimping is a way for a poor fl man to pull himself up by his bootstraps and into a position of power.
		No matter our opinions of pimps and their strategies of their livelihood, these are voices of the disenfranchised who have not had their self-defined moment in the American spotlight.
	weeklywire.com /ww/08-14-00/austin_screens_film3.html (458 words)

	American Pimp \| DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There's a fascinating film to be made about the pimp culture and the myth of the outlaw sexual entrepreneur.
		American Pimp, a slick and entertaining but rather timid documentary by filmmaking brother act Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace 2 Society, Dead Presidents) isn't quite it, but it's a captivating document nonetheless.
		They are undeniably dynamic characters playing out a bizarre fantasy of wealth, power, and swaggering sexuality, but if the film shows the cracks in their masks, it never manages to reveal the men under the money or expose the fallacy behind the fantasy.
	office-products.globalgiftshopping.com /american-pimp,630601232X_i.htm (655 words)

	Movie (Metro Times Detroit)
		Pimps are portrayed as snake-oil salesmen who peddle flesh as their cure-all tonic, dangerous charismatics who convince emotionally crippled women that the twisted form of love they offer via prostitution is just what they need.
		Few prostitutes are interviewed in American Pimp, but one says something so simply profound that there’s the shock of recognition: What kind of pimp these men become depends on the kind of man they were before they entered the life.
		Interestingly enough, the one pimp who comes off as completely despicable is the sole white man, the proprietor of a legal Nevada brothel (where working conditions are much better for women) who manages to appear more exploitative than a street hustler who regularly puts his prostitutes in harm’s way.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/review.asp?id=35454 (526 words)

	BadLit » American Pimp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PIMP starts out with brief quips by white folk stopped on the street giving their opinions about how pimps are the scum of the Earth.
		PIMP sets out to prove that pimps are either the ultimate dregs of society or clowns to be ridiculed with their outrageous clothing, jewelry and cars.
		My role model was the pimp living next door.” Well, hey, no fl man raised in the ghetto will ever grow up to be a doctor or a lawyer or, hell, just have a legal job.
	www.badlit.com /review_american_pimp.html (1150 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on American Pimp at Epinions.com
		Pimp Bishop Magic Don Juan's mother tells filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes that she always knew her baby was gonna be a "special chile."
		In their latest offering, the directors of Menace II Society and Dead Presidents sprinkle the music of the pimp heyday, blaxploitation clips, and interviews with several pimps and their "significant others" to provide a fascinating look inside the minds and lives of the men who are glorified in present hip-hop culture.
		The Hughes brothers delved into the psyche of these men to find out why and how they became pimps, their survival strategies in "the game," how they resolve conflicts, and what happens when "the game" is over.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-7E0E-1339B83F-39446BB2-prod1 (423 words)

	American Pimp (2000): Reviews
		The history of the pimp in American is also detailed.
		American Pimp, if not quite a self-serving orgy of self-justification, can hardly be thought of as a searching look at the skin trade.
		The dehumanizing aspect of pimping is what's scariest about the Hughes brothers' investigation--so powerful the filmmakers realize they need only to record it.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/americanpimp (494 words)

	Interview: Mack Daddy Maestros - Allen and Albert Hughes - Interview
		With American Pimp, a visceral documentary about a seedy "street science," the Hughes Brothers have completed a trilogy of movies, beginning with Menace II Society (1993) and continuing with Dead Presidents (1995), provocatively distilling the fl urban experience.
		In the inner city, it's the dope dealer, the pimp, the preacher, or the thief--the pimp is the one that was fantasized about the most.
		I think that's the problem that the pimps have, they don't appreciate the way the rappers are handling their lifestyles without even knowing or even talking to one of these guys.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_iview/m1285/4_30/61535294/p1/article.jhtml (1426 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'American Pimp'
		The directors make as much a case as can be made for pimping by using a low ratio of real-life whores (four) to a lot of pimps (16), mostly retired, all bragging.
		I don't think the Hughes brothers approve blindly of pimping: they do get their subjects to admit that, no, the girls don't get even a percentage of their money, and who knows what happens to them when they drop out of the "life": hospital, jail, graveyard or something.
		American Pimp (Unrated; 86 min.), a documentary by Albert and Allen Hughes, opens Friday at the Towne Theater in San Jose.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.15.00/americanpimp-0024.html (580 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - American Pimp
		Pimps are seen in a rather interesting manner in this documentary.
		We also see that pimps are humans after all and that they too go to jail, change careers and ultimately have families if they don't crash and burn before then.
		American Pimp is "documentary" not very revealing of the true reality of the people that do this job.
	www.hour.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDCritique=13009 (804 words)

	American Pimp DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MGM presents "American Pimp" in its widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio enhanced for 16 by 9 televisions.
		Since different film stocks were used to produce the film, the picture quality tends to change, but it is not the transfer, it is the film itself.
		The main menu features the stereotyped image of a Pimp with his girls on videotape that leads into the transitions of the normal interactive still menus, which are all easy to navigate.
	members.aol.com /RiveraW5/american_pimp_dvd.html (215 words)

	AMERICAN PIMP BY ROBERT PAUL REYES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This essay is not a glorification of pimps.
		Every American boy dreams of becoming an astronaut or a cowboy, but as he grows older and more cynical he wants to be only one thing -- a pimp.
		The appeal of pimping to the emasculated American male, is the Darwinian power structure.
	members.aol.com /robertpaulreyes/pimping.html (408 words)

	American Pimp Review At DVDwolf.com
		The Hughes Bros. made American Pimp for a hundred grand of their own cash When the film first debuted back in 1999 at Sundance it immediately came under fire.
		IN fact, the Bishop shares part of the interview with his mother who doesn't seem phased at all by what her son does...since she is so well taken care of and the girls do not seem to mind.
		No viewpoints, just a bunch of pimps spewing dialogue you would never find yourself saying, and their unique idealogies may make one wince but sometimes it comes with a dark laugh or two as well.
	www.dvdwolf.com /Reviews/A/american_pimp.htm (501 words)

	American pimp [videorecording] / Underworld Entertainment ; a Hughes Brothers film. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Black urban pimps interviewed reveal their world and their secrets in a film that is about power.
		People are lured by the glamour and money, only to be used as commodities and tossed out once they have passed their prime.
		Also traces the history of the street pimp from the 20's to the present, with particular emphasis on the 70's pimp.
	voyager.uvm.edu /bibs/bid1421447.html (199 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - American Pimp: Raw Outtakes And The Hard Truth
		American Pimp: Raw Outtakes and the Hard Truth is decidedly not a repackaging of the original film, which is still available in an inexpensive edition from MGM.
		Said blunt is doubtless the reason why this interview was left out of American Pimp in 1999, and I expect it is only available now because some statute of limitations has expired and a roomful of lawyers nodded their heads.
		By itself, American Pimp: Raw Outtakes and the Hard Truth adds little to the original film, unless you are doing sociological research into urban crime culture.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/americanpimpouttakes.php (940 words)

	American pimp - CIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		American pimp documents the phenomenon of the fl urban pimp.
		From 70s blaxploitation icon to modern day hustler, a series of pimps are analyzed, interviewed and disected.
		Although charismatic, often sympathetic and with undeniable camera appeal, the pimps featured, known as Rosebud, Fillmore Slim and Bishop Don Magic Juan, prey on women whose physical and emotional histories, fractured family lives and economic circumstances have made them vulnerable.
	thecia.com.au /reviews/a/american-pimp.shtml (129 words)

	Salon.com Sex \| "American Pimp"
		Dressed in a blue FUBU sweatsuit with what's left of his hair strictly on his chin (and gray at that), he's a square businessman on a lunch break from Tay's Playas Tattoos, the tattoo parlor he co-owns not far from the steak house.
		The way the Hughes Brothers and Rosebudd lay it out, a pimp is a fella who has any number of women on the street working for him.
		What the pimp offers the ho is someone she can communicate with honestly.
	archive.salon.com /sex/feature/2000/07/26/rosebudd (806 words)

	DVD Reviews - American Pimp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of the times when we see a pimp in the movie nowadays it is a parody of some sort, which is one of the things that makes this documentary interesting.
		The Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society and Dead Presidents) go out and talk to a variety of old and new school pimps across the United States.
		This is a colorful bunch of characters and they have some absolutely hilarious stories, but they are a little scary at times also.
	www.jakegittes.com /dvd_american_pimp.htm (165 words)

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