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MOVIES
Am I Black Enough For You? Tyson
Am I Black Enough For You, the story of legendary Philadelphia soul artist Billy Paul, is a vivid portrait Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson – almost
of soul music’s unsung hero. It examines Paul’s life long companionship with his wife Blanche, and solely from the perspective of the man himself. Tyson alternates between the controversial boxer
how the oppression of Afro-Americans and the civil rights movement gave rise to the birth of soul. addressing the camera and shots of the champion’s fights to create an arresting picture of the man.
Yeah baby – soul – that most sexy of genres.
Tyson, if you search YouTube, is a bit of a mad one. It’s easy to dismiss someone as nuts though –
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Billy Paul was singing on local radio stations when he was just and a bit thoughtless – so this documentary gives an extremely personal account of the man, which
twelve. Listening to his family’s collection of 78s, he began to develop a vocal style that would even- will be extremely rewarding for any caring souls who can look past his barbaric moments to the root
tually influence jazz, r&b, drum & bass and pop and would one day lead to him appearing in concert of his deep problems. The dude’s Dad abandoned him when he was two and his mum died when he
with such artists as Nina Simone, Miles Davis and Sammy Davis Jr. Paul eventually blew up with his was 10. He was arrested 38 times by the time he was 13. And if this isn’t enough to wrench your
song ‘Me and Mrs. Jones’ that became a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic, selling two million heart… you’re a statue! “I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing some-
copies (platinum single status), and going on to win him a Grammy Award. thing,” Tyson says in the movie. “She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming
home with new clothes that she knew I didn’t pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know
As a rare example of a successful black American, did Paul have an obligation to act as a leader for about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it’s crushing emotionally and personally.”
his race? Am I Black Enough For You seeks to answer this question and to help us comprehend the
lived experience of racism in America during this period. Am I Black Enough For You will appeal to This movie is completely biased and there’s no professional opinion. But still, you get to see Mike
fans of underground music, as well as to anyone interested in this unforgettable period in US history. without a press camera shoved up his nose trying to provoke a reaction. It’s very interesting and,
frankly, quite disturbing listening to the tale of a guy who blew $300,000,000.
VIDEO GAMES
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers Samurai Shodown Anthology SNK Arcade Classics: Volume 1 The King of Fighters Collection: Orochi Saga
Format: Wii Format: PSP, PS2, Wii Format: PSP, Wii Format: PSP, Wii
Price: £24.99 Price: £24.99 Price: £24.99 Price: £24.99
Release: Out now Release: Out now Release: Out now Release: Out now
We couldn’t squeeze this one in last month, but Samurai Shodown [sic] is a classic fighting For those too young to remember, the Neo-Geo If you thought Samurai Shodown was hardcore,
we had to give Bikini Zombie Slayers some air- game from back in the day. The idea is great – was an arcade machine inside a console devel- take a look at this bundle of five King of Fighters
time just because of its name… its awesome, loads of colourful, characteristic Shogun come oped by SNK that you could plug huge arcade games. Some people see these as Street
awesome name. Expect the usual story about together in an orgy of violence. You have classic cartridges into. There was always one kid at Fighter II clones, and they would be right, but
an infected city whose population is on the brink ninjas with smoke bombs to fatty freaks with school with a Neo-Geo costing over £1,000… the mechanics here are way different. It’s pretty
of extinction. Mankind’s last chance rests with corn scythes. It all gets rather mad too, with games retailed at £400-£500 [we shit you not]. specialist material – a connoisseur’s choice
the hugely popular Japanese anime ass-kickers special moves allowing you to turn into tree Whilst most Neo Geo titles rank terribly today, of fighting game with tricky combos and cool
Aya and Saki. These hardcore heroes practice stumps and make magical playing cards appear the sight of King of the Monsters, for example, Manga characters. From the badass emo of Iori
deadly swordplay on hordes of zombies and which split in half as you slice your enemy. and its chunky, colourful graphics, retain the Yagami to Chang Koehan – the fat guy with the
even find time to riddle them with automatic This is for hardcore gamers only – it’s pretty power to get nostalgic gamers of the 16-Bit era prison ball ‘n’ chain – King of Fighters oozes
bullets in skimpy outfits and bikinis, with their unforgiving and, on a surface level, doesn’t offer all moist in the loin area. SNK Arcade Classics underground style. In some of the latter editions
big boobies busting out. You can do co-op and up much past playing as all the characters. is worth the asking price for Super Side Kicks you can even create teams of three, and overall
use the Wii-mote to disembowel the walking Persevere for about ten hours plus, however, 3 alone – the one with the bone-crunching there are more than 60 playable characters that
dead. Sexist, simple and violent, this is definitely and you’ll start to pick up on the idiosyncrasies gunshot sound effect when you kick a ball and you can jazz up with the new colour-edit mode.
worth a rent. “Ugh! My bikini’s riding up again”. that make the six Samurai Shodowns such pro option to karate kick the referee – it’s pure This title should be enough to whet your ap-
classics. gaming gold. petite until the rather dazzling KOF XII appears
this year.
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