Don't Play Us Cheap

Happy Juneteenth! Starting off the day with another film by Melvin Van Peebles. It really is ridiculous it’s taken me this long to watch another film by him, considering Watermelon Man was my favorite first-time watch of 2022.  This is a really goofy morality play, and I mean that in the best way. I would love to see a revival of the stage musical, which from my limited research only had one run in 1972?? Bring it back to off-broadway at least! I think it would do really well!! I definitely don’t like Don’t Play Us Cheap as much as Watermelon Man. Not all of the stylistic and artistic choices worked for me, but two movies in Melvin Van Peebles is getting up there as one of my favorite directors.