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| Marlon Wayans |
When a good movie is spoofed, it often allows you to see the finer qualities of the movie being spoofed. When a terrible movie is spoofed, it makes everything much worse. Such is the case with the new Marlon Wayans comedy "Fifty Shades of Black," a spoof of the dreadful "Fifty Shades of Grey," which itself (both the book and the movie) were so bad it was unintentionally funny. "Fifty Shades of Black," on the other hand, is an intentional effort at humor, but someone forgot to tell that to Wayans and company, another inexcusable effort that falls terribly flat and unfunny on every level. Hannah ("Black Jesus'" Kali Hawk), an inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman named Christian Black (Wayans), whose unusual sexual practices put a strain on their relationship. Admittedly, Wayans has always been a charming act, but with his "Haunted House" director Michael Tiddes, his loose and crude silly string of gags has nary a chuckle or two in it; spray as much as possible at the camera: some cussing, pratfalls, sight gags and mugging, and surely, surely, someone will laugh at some point. Good luck with that. Offensive and racist at every turn, it tries to follow the "Grey" movie almost scene by scene, an admirable effort given how bad that film really was (admirable, in that it must've required repeat viewings of that film, which is up for a load of Razzie Awards honoring the worst in film). I will say, the only good thing about it was the recreation of "the room" itself, which does look identical to the film being spoofed. I like Wayans, he has talent and generally speaking a funny guy, but I simply can't recommend his awful "Fifty Shades of Black," mainly because it's a painfully unfunny movie with such broad humor and such cheap gags that the only thing it might induce is a hearty round of celibacy.
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