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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the doc series “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” about the rise and bitter fall of the major league legend, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, only to be banned from the sport because of gambling. Streaming on MAX and on HBO since July 24th.
Film Review: ‘Watermelon Man’ is a Pivotal Film in Black Cinema History
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 27, 2021 - 12:07pm
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“Watermelon Man” is is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Featuring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Kaine, Kay Kimberly and Emil Sitka Written by Herman Raucher. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Rated “R”
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Watermelon Man”
Watermelon Man
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Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Watermelon Man”
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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on February 25th, 2021, reviewing the 1970 film “Watermelon Man,” currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
An historic black cinematic curiosity from 1970, “Watermelon Man” features an almost forgotten stand up comic and actor from the 1960s named Godfrey Cambridge. Cambridge portrays Jeff, who begins the movie as a white man, and the one morning wakes up and he’s a black man. This transition is at first frightening for him, but after going through the stages of denial, anger, depression, etc., he accepts the man he his by making it personal. With Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons as Jeff’s wife.
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Watermelon Man” Watermelon Man
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Watermelon Man” 
