Charity (Essence Atkins), left, stores her baby before going off to class with Megan (Shoshana Bush) in the comic spoof “Dance Flick.” |
Hardly a filmgoer on the planet will go into see the latest Wayans brothers spoof, “Dance Flick,” and not know what to expect: A threadbare plot stuffed with pop movie references, tasteless gross-outs, exaggerated stereotypes and lampooned genre clichés.
The most audacious of the Wayans brothers canon remains 2000’s “Scary Movie,” a parody of the tongue-in-cheek horror film “Scream” and a bold flirtation with X-rated visual gags that stretched the R rating to its snapping point. (Read more…)