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* MeetTheNewBoss: Putney's slow descent after taking the reigns is presented as just as corrupt as the white men who put him there before.
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* SplashOfColor: Most of the movie is in black and white, but Truth and Soul's commercials are done in full color.
* TokenWhite: In contrast to Putney being the TokenMinority of the old advertising board, there's one recurring white guy after he's put in charge. The character's name is even "Mr. Token."
* TokenWhite: In contrast to Putney being the TokenMinority of the old advertising board, there's one recurring white guy after he's put in charge. The character's name is even "Mr. Token."
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Kind of embarassing that the summary quote for the movie was wrong in a way that changes its meaning - corrected.
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* AsideGlance: A couple of times when Bissinger is announcing the ballot results.
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* DarkestAfrica: To support their brothers and sisters in Africa, Putney wants to dispense with telecommunications and send office correspondence entirely by drum. "the drum." Even his associates think this would be insane. Until...
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* GrayAndGreyMorality: The closest thing to a good character in the entire film is the guy whose father dies. Even then, its hinted at that he's an incompetent mooch. The new black administration is just as corrupt as the old one, just corrupt in different ways.
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* GrayAndGreyMorality: The closest thing to a good character in the entire film is Elias, the guy whose father dies. Even then, its hinted at that he's an incompetent mooch. The new black administration is just as corrupt as the old one, just corrupt in different ways.
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* TheHero: Averted/Played With. Putney is thrust into a position where he needs to be the archetypal hero in order to make the world right. Unfortunately, he's just some guy who was in the right place at the right time. Everyone seems to acknowledge that if African-Americans had been given the chance to choose their own leader, it wouldn't have been Putney.
* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character who, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character who, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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* TheHero: Averted/Played With. Putney is thrust into a position where he needs to be the archetypal hero in order to make the world right. Unfortunately, he's just some guy who was in the right place at the right time. Everyone seems to acknowledge that if African-Americans had been given the chance to choose their own leader, it wouldn't have been Putney.
Swope.
* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character identified only as "The Arab" who, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, theLancer's Arab's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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* PrecisionFStrike: One of the commercials the agency produces features an offstage announcer telling a man all the nutritious things about the cereal he's eating. When he finishes, the man smiles and says, "No shit!"
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-->-- '''Putney Swope.'''
'''''Putney Swope''''' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of the earliest) directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and [[TokenMinority Token Black Man]] Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
The movie is notable for its cast, which is almost entirely black and well developed, its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices and psychedelic, but only slightly over the top, fake commercials.
'''''Putney Swope''''' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of the earliest) directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and [[TokenMinority Token Black Man]] Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
The movie is notable for its cast, which is almost entirely black and well developed, its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices and psychedelic, but only slightly over the top, fake commercials.
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-->-- '''Putney Swope.'''
'''''Putney Swope'''''Swope'''
''Putney Swope'' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of theearliest) earliest), directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member:Music Producer music producer and [[TokenMinority Token Black Man]] Putney Swope.Swope (Arnold Johnson). Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
The movie is notable for itscast, which cast (which is almost entirely black and well developed, developed), its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices practices, and psychedelic, but its psychedelic (but only slightly over the top, top) fake commercials.commercials.
'''''Putney Swope'''''
''Putney Swope'' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of the
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member:
The movie is notable for its
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Putney Swope Panic was voted to be cut in TRS, in this thread.
Also, Trope Namers are trivia at best, not material for the main work page.
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!!''Putney Swope'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:
* [[invoked]] PutneySwopePanic
* [[invoked]] PutneySwopePanic
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* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character whom, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character whom, who, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and TokenBlack Man Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
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When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and TokenBlack Man [[TokenMinority Token Black Man]] Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
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* ShoutOut: "Shadrach" from The Music/BeastieBoys album ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' provides a shout-out to this film:
--> ''(...) And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel''
--> ''(...) And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel''
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* ShoutOut: "Shadrach" from The Music/BeastieBoys album ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' provides a shout-out to this film:
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--> ''(...) And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel''
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* FlippingTheBird: The film's poster (seen above) features this, with a model representing the "finger".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Greedy white administration is thrown out only for the black people who replace them to wind up being equally nasty. Truth and Soul Inc. or post-colonial Africa?
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* PutneySwopePanic: As mentioned above, the film is the trope namer, and for very good reason.
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!!''Putney Swope'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:
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->''"I'm not going to rock the boat. Rocking the boat is a drag. I'm going to sink the boat. And there's no point in sinking the boat if you can't salvage with stock options."''
-->-- '''Putney Swope.'''
'''''Putney Swope''''' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of the earliest) directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and TokenBlack Man Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
The movie is notable for its cast, which is almost entirely black and well developed, its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices and psychedelic, but only slightly over the top, fake commercials.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* CharacterTitle
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Virtually all of the white cast.
** So much so, that when the chairman dies in the middle of a meeting, they actually go through his pockets and loot his valuables.
* DarkestAfrica: To support their brothers and sisters in Africa, Putney wants to dispense with telecommunications and send office correspondence entirely by drum. Even his associates think this would be insane. Until...
* EnsembleCast: Surprising for the sixties/seventies. Even the white people and punchline characters get a decent amount of screen-time.
* GrayAndGreyMorality: The closest thing to a good character in the entire film is the guy whose father dies. Even then, its hinted at that he's an incompetent mooch. The new black administration is just as corrupt as the old one, just corrupt in different ways.
* HeelFaceTurn: Putney [[spoiler: Subverted]]
* TheHero: Averted/Played With. Putney is thrust into a position where he needs to be the archetypal hero in order to make the world right. Unfortunately, he's just some guy who was in the right place at the right time. Everyone seems to acknowledge that if African-Americans had been given the chance to choose their own leader, it wouldn't have been Putney.
* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character whom, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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-->-- '''Putney Swope.'''
'''''Putney Swope''''' is a 1969 film satirizing the advertising industry (one of the earliest) directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and TokenBlack Man Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. HilarityEnsues.
The movie is notable for its cast, which is almost entirely black and well developed, its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices and psychedelic, but only slightly over the top, fake commercials.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* CharacterTitle
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Virtually all of the white cast.
** So much so, that when the chairman dies in the middle of a meeting, they actually go through his pockets and loot his valuables.
* DarkestAfrica: To support their brothers and sisters in Africa, Putney wants to dispense with telecommunications and send office correspondence entirely by drum. Even his associates think this would be insane. Until...
* EnsembleCast: Surprising for the sixties/seventies. Even the white people and punchline characters get a decent amount of screen-time.
* GrayAndGreyMorality: The closest thing to a good character in the entire film is the guy whose father dies. Even then, its hinted at that he's an incompetent mooch. The new black administration is just as corrupt as the old one, just corrupt in different ways.
* HeelFaceTurn: Putney [[spoiler: Subverted]]
* TheHero: Averted/Played With. Putney is thrust into a position where he needs to be the archetypal hero in order to make the world right. Unfortunately, he's just some guy who was in the right place at the right time. Everyone seems to acknowledge that if African-Americans had been given the chance to choose their own leader, it wouldn't have been Putney.
* TheLancer: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character whom, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, [[CassandraTruth not that anybody listens to him]].
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