☆ ☆ ½
Putney
Swope (1969) – R. Downey (Sr.)
Clever in its concept with the potential
to really scathingly satirize Madison Avenue (when the only Black ad exec is
made chairman of the board and takes things in an increasingly militant and
confrontational direction) but then what? Fluxus or dada or did the film just
plain fall apart? A comedy of sorts and
there are some good shots (in the 1969 context) at the white power elite when
the tables are turned – but mostly this is a chaotic low-budget, often silly,
sometimes pointless or tactless affair.
From the mind of Robert Downey Sr. which may be revealing of
something. I wanted to like it.
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