![]() ![]() Their investigation leads first to the leader of a local crime triad ( John Lone) and then to an American Mr. Soon they're involved in a new case: A bomb has gone off in the American embassy, killing two people. The movie begins with Tucker and Chan going to Hong Kong on vacation after their adventures in the previous movie. What's extraordinary about this scene is how we identify with the dealer, and how manifestly the Tucker character is acting like a the seven-letter word for "jerk." Rubinek wins the exchange. The dealer answers every verbal assault calmly and firmly. He goes on and on in a shrill tirade against the dealer ( Saul Rubinek). He is offended: It is racist for the casino to give him $500 chips instead of $1,000 chips, the dealer doesn't think a black man can afford $1,000 a throw, etc., etc. He throws a wad of money on a craps table and is given a stack of $500 chips. The Tucker character finds himself in a Vegas casino. Accusing complete strangers of being racist is aggressive, hostile, and not funny, something Tucker demonstrates to a painful degree in this movie-where the filmmakers apparently lacked the nerve to request him to dial down. My feeling is that audiences of any race find such scenes awkward and unwelcome I've never heard laughter during them, but have sensed an uncomfortable alertness in the theater. There is a belief among some black comics that audiences find it funny when they launch extended insults against white people (see also Chris Rock's embarrassing outburst in the forthcoming "Jay and Silent Bob"). ![]()
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