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Zoot Suit (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Nov 12, 2021 · Characters Malcom X and Shorty played by Denzel Washington and Spike Lee. The zoot suit was an extreme variation on the full cut “drape suit” of the 1930s.

C.J. Memphis: Get me a bright red zoot suit, And a pair of patent leather shoes, And the woman sittin' at home waitin', For the day we get the news, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Look out, Adolf Hitler, You and Tojo gonna be singin' the blues...

A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit [1]) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symbol among the Hepcat and Pachuco subcultures.

Jul 18, 2024 · Denzel Washington stole scenes wearing a red pinstripe zoot suit while portraying the title character in the 1992 movie Malcolm X based on writer Alex Haley’s book The Autobiography of Malcolm X. And Latinx culture was featured in the 1981 movie Zoot Suit featuring 1940s early Chicano culture and depicts the zoot suit riots.

Zoot Suit presents a fictionalized version of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, where a group of young Mexican-Americans were charged with murder, resulting in the racially fueled Zoot Suit Riots throughout Los Angeles.

The actor commits utterly to each stage of Malcolm Little’s life; as Detroit Red, he inhabits his zoot suit and conk (kinky hair chemically relaxed and straightened) as grandly as if he were a supporting character in a gangland picture about West Indian Archie (Delroy Lindo), who introduces Malcolm to cocaine and the numbers racket.

Nov 28, 2008 · The first actor you see in MALCOLM X is not Denzel Washington, or even a kid playing a young Denzel Washington. It’s Spike Lee getting his shoes shined, then strutting across the street in a zoot suit.

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