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Kelsey's Review

Summary - Great 4.0 click to collapse contents 

Petey Greene (Cheadle) has just been released from prison. Through out his time there he was able to have his own radio show. Now that he is out he wants make this his career. He finds a connection to the industry through a fellow convict, Milo (Epps). His brother, Dewey (Ejifor) is in charged of bringing in the talent for WOL-AM radio. However, when Petey approaches him, Dewey completely blocks him out. Petey is loud and rude and feels that he would only risk Dewey’s job. After Petey continues to try, Dewey decides to give him a chance. He convinces the owner of the station, E.G. Sonderling (Sheen) to give him a shot. E.G. only goes along with it though because he has no one else to go on. Petey goes on the radio, but very quickly gets cut off. He can be very insulting, which isn’t very viewer friendly. Dewey and Petey do end up trying this again, but are only successful by locking everyone else out. Petey is once again cut off and Dewey nearly loses his job.
WOL-AM was suffering as a radio station. E.G. felt that they just couldn’t bare to take any risks and lose the callers that they did have. However, Petey’s broadcast actually does the opposite of this. The station can barely even keep track of all the calls that are pouring in because of Petey. Because of this he gets his own show. He talks about politics and the current situation of African Americans. He could care less about what others think and he doesn’t mind insulting them. Petey calls this “speaking the truth” though. This truth takes him a very long way. WOL-AM quickly becomes a very popular station and becomes a superior to all of the other radio broadcasters. Petey is as happy as can be with his job and his girlfriend, Vernell (Henson). Dewey pushes him to an even higher success though. He becomes Petey’s manager and vows to make him a star. He quickly gets him his own television show. The purpose gets lost in his stardom and Petey cheats on his girlfriend. The next thing he knows, he is going to be a guest on the tonight show. Dewey is far more excited about this than Petey though. Petey doesn’t feel comfortable with this new audience. He just wants to be talking to his own people, who know what he is talking about and will respond to the quality of the discussion rather than the jokes he cracks.

Acting - Perfect 5.0 click to expand contents 

Film - Really Great 4.5 click to expand contents 

Edge - Risqué 2.4 click to expand contents 

Reality - Natural 1.0 click to expand contents 

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