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My favorite scene inBellyisnt the iconic blacklight-lit opening sequence.
You know who you a bumbaclot romp wit?
Unu know me??
I am the original Jamaican Don Dada!
The line has been bounding around my brain for the better part of 20 years.
I mustve first encountered it at some family gathering.
For years, I didnt even realize that he was quoting a movie.
moment I can only liken to watching that episode ofThe Wirewhere Wee Bey doesthe GIF.
I imagine the entire film functions this way for a lot of people my age.
Bellyrevolves around a tussle between good and bad, light and dark.
Buns is a philanderer and a pedophile; Sincere is a faithful partner and loving father.
They are foils, standing at opposite sides of the track, each beckoning the other to cross over.
InKingmagazines2008 oral history of the production, members of the cast and crew discussed the tumultuous shooting process.
He couldve just as easily been writing about Xs performance inBelly.
X plays his destructive behavior with an unblinking temerity and a singularly harsh physicality.
By the films jumbled third act, Buns is tasked with embedding into a Nation of Islamlike organization.
Religion and spirituality figured prominently in DMXs own life.
Theres only so much it’s possible for you to block out before you run out of space …
The things you stored away are just gonna come out and fall all over the place.
It might not be a pretty situation.
In other words, it might not be the same kind of movie.
Bellyis available on PVOD via Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, and Vudu.
