"Pootie Tang" has the distinction of being one of the most amateurish features ever released by a major studio. Developed to barely feature length (running time of the "narrative" itself is 70 minutes ...

Whatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the cast and crew of the cult hit, Pootie Tang? Released 10 years ago this month, Pootie Tang is one of those “how was ...

Louis C.K. is thriving — his standup gigs are packed, his hit FX show "Louie" is a critical darling, and his self-produced standup special, "Live at the Beacon Theater," turned a very fast profit. But ...

June 29, 2001: a great day in the history of cinema. Opening simultaneously at the multiplex, two movies pushed at the outer limit of big-studio weirdness, each in its own way an epistemological essay ...

Pootie tanks; a must to avoid. Running time: 82 minutes. Rated PG-13 (much sexual suggestion and drug use). At the Empire, the Union Square, the Harlem USA, others. THE villain of “Pootie Tang,” a ...

There’s no shortage of strain names that can lead to awkward moments with a budtender. Asking someone to show you a jar of Moby Dick or Matanuska Thunder Fuck is always a fun experience, but nothing ...

POOTIE TANG: Comedy. Starring Lance Crouther, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock. Written and directed by Louis C.K. (PG-13. 81 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) As an illustration of what dimension "Pootie Tang" ...

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when writer-director Louis C.K. slouched into the cool, vaguely Asian-themed office space of some Paramount bigwig with the pitch for his film Pootie Tang. In 20 words or ...

Faster than the cracking whip of his daddy’s belt. Stronger than the funk of his nemesis Dirty Dee (Reg E. Cathey, Tank Girl). Able to leap beyond logic in a single word of gibberish unbounded. Look ...