There are so many ways that this movie is racist and sexually explicit, I could be writing all day. Let’s just focus on a few points of interest, so we can move things along.
1. The boy’s name is Eric Bates, but he is called “Master” Bates by most of the staff. Yes, you read that right. He’s a young boy and likes to masturbate. Ha ha.
2. The blond bimbo wife of U.S. Bates wants desperately to sleep with the black man who’s basically a slave at this point.
3. Moving onto being a slave. Eric goes to the toy store, where Jack (Richard Pryor) is a janitor. After being told that he can buy anything in the store, Eric wants the black man. This may not have become racist except the men give Jack more and more money until he goes to be Eric’s friend for the week. They bought the black man. And, as Eric often points out, Jack has to do what Eric wants, as Jack belongs to Eric.
Seriously, after that, do I really need to keep going? I mean, I could. This movie is a treasure trove of fun facts. Like the fact that Scott Schwartz, the kid who played Eric Bates, grew up to become a porn star. Yes, “Master” Bates did dirty movies. I’m shocked. The kid that liked to jerk off wanted to go beyond, into the world of real, though somewhat plastic enhanced, women…
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