Soul Man (1986)

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Soul Man (1986)

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May 18, 2022

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This one is obese; no B.S. We're diving ride into 'Mother, MAY I Have Another One of Those Bad Black Movies' with 1986's Soul Man starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong and James Earl Jones (WTF?) and we cast the new Blade soundtrack, list the Top 5 white roles that code as black, chart the careers of Cher and Michael J Fox and Diana Ross in Six Degrees of D'Urville and a whole lot more!
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May 18, 2022

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Soul Man (1986)

Soul Man (1986)

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