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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:''♫ You know it's hard out here for a pimp... ♫'']] |
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4 | ->''"Well, you know what they say: Everybody gotta have a dream."'' |
5 | -->-- '''[=DJay=]''' |
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7 | ''Hustle & Flow'' is a 2005 drama written and directed by Craig Brewer and starring Creator/TerrenceHoward. It tells the story of a small-time hustler, [=DJay=] (Howard), who yearns to express himself artistically and pull himself out of the North Memphis ghetto. |
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9 | Rounding out the cast is Creator/AnthonyAnderson as [=DJay's=] producer [[TheLancer "Key"]], Creator/TarynManning as rep [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold "Nola"]], Creator/TarajiPHenson as LoveInterest "Shug" [[note]]pronounced "shoog" like sugar[[/note]], and Creator/DJQualls as recording tech [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy "Shelby"]]. |
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11 | It won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Music/ThreeSixMafia's theme song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp." |
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13 | !!This film provides examples of: |
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15 | * AntiHero: [=DJay=] is a pimp and drug dealer who'll do just about any other low-level crime to get by. |
16 | * AssholeVictim: Although the punishment might not have fit the crime, [[spoiler:Skinny Black qualifies. [=DJay=] angrily confronts and beats Skinny Black when the latter shows no remorse for drunkenly tossing the former's mixtape in the toilet.]] |
17 | * BigDamnKiss: Shug plants a giant kiss on [=DJay=] to wish him luck before his meeting with Skinny Black. It's the first overtly romantic gesture between them. |
18 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[=DJay=] goes to prison for 11 months, but on the outside, his songs are starting to get airplay, suggesting that he may become a success after all.]] |
19 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: Key suggests that [=DJay=] tone down the lyrics in one of his songs so that it can be radio-friendly. They settle on "Whoop That Trick." |
20 | * CallBack: [[spoiler:[=DJay=] tells the prison guards who give him their demo "Everybody's got to have a dream, the same dismissive observation that Skinny Black gave him, albeit presumably in a more sincere tone this time around.]] |
21 | * TheCameo: Musicians Music/IsaacHayes, Music/{{Ludacris}}, Juicy J and Haystak all have small roles. |
22 | * GetOut: [=DJay=] kicks Lexus out of his house when she openly disrespects him. |
23 | * GoldToothOfWealth: Inverted. [=DJay=] has a gold tooth. It, along with the gold chain he wears with pride, are supposed to show that he's still small-time in comparison to the platinum-bedecked stars. |
24 | * HiddenDepths: The meek Shug turns out to have a strong and passionate voice when she's singing. |
25 | * {{Jerkass}}: |
26 | ** Lexus, who neglects her young child and is openly rude and disrespectful. |
27 | ** Skinny Black. Fame has made him forsake his Memphis roots. |
28 | * MisogynySong: "Whoop That Trick" is about disciplining your prostitute. |
29 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:When Key asks [=DJay=] if he really knew Skinny Black, [=DJay=] admits that he lied.]] |
30 | * VocalTagTeam: [=DJay=] and Shug on their single "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp." |
31 | * WhamShot: [[spoiler:[=DJay=] finds his mixtape in the toilet, which was tossed in by a drunk Skinny Black.]] |
32 | * WhatTheHellHero: Nola calls [=DJay=] out on the fact that he manipulates her to get the things he wants – specifically, asking her to service the music shop owner so that he could get a better deal on some microphones. |
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