Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Via Madamenoire : In this day and age of reboots and remakes, nearly every film and TV show from the ’90s has been thrown in the ring as a possible candidate for an on-screen revival. Robert Townsend is the latest actor and film director to spark a do-over debate on Twitter , asking followers early this morning if they’d be down for a sequel to the 1997 comedy B.A.P.S. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit I directed Baps starring @HalleBerry and written by @Troybyer With all the reboots going on,here’s the question of the day. Would you go see a sequel to Baps? pic.twitter.com/KrlJRPgvE3 — Robert Townsend (@Robert_Townsend) January 8, 2019 Townsend directed the hilarious flick which starred Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle as hood BFFs who go on to live life as Black American Princesses after taking care of an ailing millionaire (Martin Landau). Even though the movie was dragged by critics — Roger Ebert gave it 0 stars, calling it “jaw-droppingly bad, a movie so misconceived I wonder why anyone involved wanted to make it” — it became a beloved classic-like film in the Black community. But that was 1997. Even then, Ebert, a white man, criticized the depiction of Berry and Desselle’s lead characters as “a hurtful stereotype.” And in this post-Madea, call-out-culture landscape, I don’t see a B.A.P.S part deux going over well at all. I also don’t see Academy Award-winning, 52-year-old Berry going for it either. SEE ALSO: Robert Townsend Says ‘Making Of The Five Heartbeats’ Is Ready To Be Born I second this pic.twitter.com/16ryfI2552 — Simply Skyy (@simplyskyy) January 8, 2019 Lock me in @Robert_Townsend , I’d play your Mickey any day!! #BAPSReboot pic.twitter.com/UGYuuhpEdO — Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) January 8, 2019 Please pic.twitter.com/1nwcPj1kKl — Auntie Daja (@ShoeGamePapi) January 8, 2019 Most followers, however, believe B.A.P.S should be left alone and Townsend should, instead, use his talents to revive two of his prior films: Hollywood Shuffle and Meteor Man. Would you be here for a sequel? See photos of Halle Berry below. ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 15 Black Movies We’d Like to See Get a Sequel Porsha Williams Went On A Babymoon And Her Pregnant Body Is Still Bangin’ Comedian’s Nose Completely Collapses After “Decades Of Drug Abuse” [PHOTOS] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1804906″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS
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Is Robert Townsend Trying To Make A B.A.P.S Sequel?
