Pootie Tang is an American comedy film written and directed by Louis C.K. and released in 2001. It was adapted from a comedy sketch that first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the stereotyped characters who appeared in old blaxploitation films. His speech, which vaguely resembles pidgin, is mostly unintelligible to the audience, but the other characters in the film have no problem understanding him. Pootie Tang , born in "a small city outside Gary, Indiana", is portrayed as a ladies' man who is "too cool for words", even as a young child. His life is... marked by the deaths of his mother "Momma Dee", and shortly thereafter his father "Daddy Tang" , who dies after being mauled by a gorilla during his shift at the steel mill . Just before Daddy Tang's death, Pootie inherits his father's belt and is told that he can "whoop anyone's ass with just that belt." As a young adult, Pootie Tang rises to fame and becomes well known for a variety of reasons.
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| Release date: | June 29, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Louis C.K. |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 70 Minutes |
| Producer: | Caldecot Chubb, Chris Rock, David Gale, Ali LeRoi |
| Music by: | Louis C.K., Quincy Jones III |
| Screenplay by: | Louis C.K. |
| Estimated budget: | $3,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Musical, Action |