meow85 said:

You got that right. We could start another thread on that alone.

EvilWhiteMale said:

That makes a lot of sense. I remember laughing at that part the first time I saw it.

Anxiety said:

x 1000...and let's not forget the "EhheUWw!!" when he pushes the bookshelf over

laurarichardson said:

WHAT? Oh Nigga Please.

Everyone in theater laughed when he said that line, both white and black. Many a black person that's not ghetto does not put the "r" on the end of it either. Hell, many a white person doesn't either. Hardly anyone runs around trying to speak proper English 24/7. It ain't a matter of white or black. There....I said the word "ain't".

vainandy said:

As usual you hit it right on the head. Prince, being so little, so racially ambiguous, so introverted and then trying to sound so definitively street black, which he tries now and again, was unsuccessful and funny. Also the fact that he said it like a fruit.

as richard pryor once said about white folks could apply to our little guy; "Ya'll some funny motherfucka's when you cuss!"

Ain't that the truth! I laughed my ass off at "Under The Cherry Moon" because he kept trying to sound like Morris Day and it sounded absolutely rediculous coming out of his mouth, especially that whole "wrecka stow" scene. It didn't sound natural coming from Prince and it would sound completely natural coming from Morris.

GlitterStream said:

Prince may not B able 2 cuss like an urban negro but he is most definately Ghetto; (4 anyone who knows how he acts N general)

.....of course, B must admit ~ it takes one 2 know one

vainandy said:

You tell 'em Andy.

It's not about speaking "properly" it's about cussin' properly. NO person who knows how to cuss says "motherfucker" instead of "muthafucka".
In our theatre all the black folks and most of the white folks cracked up laughing.

Just imagine if Prince said this to some guy on the street. He'd get the livin' crap kicked out of him that's why it's so funny. He sounded like a little weenie..

Good thing he finally learned how to say it.

I enjoyed that part the first time! Now when I looked at it he just turns me on acting so tough for his mom

I thought the fact that Prince came off like a little weenie made the whole situation more powerful...

...pardon me, I'll show myself to the door...

eyewishuheaven said:

well, it works for althom...

whodknee said:

Of course it doesn't need to be spoken properly, but that doesn't mean it hilarious when it is.

purplecam said:

Now that is funny. Prince couldn't beat up a Care Bear.

babynoz said:

Maybe it's an American thing. I don't know anyone who pronounces it "motherfucka".

meow85 said:

It's specifically a black american thing, like Don King's character said, in only in america, "the word motherfucka is a sacred word". The sublety of it cannot be put into spelling, no more than I can speak chinese by reading it out of a book, you'd have to hear it, get some movies, Eddie Murphy uses the word enough, as does Richard Pryor and a host of elite black entertainers. Prince is a weird one though, it's part of his great charisma that he doesn't fit into categories neatly. It's what makes people tune in to him, and sometimes ,Like when he runs all girly in purple rain, it's funny. The base of it though is that enormous magnetism that has always made people stop and intently focus on him.

mozfonky said:

Exactly.

Hell yeah, you muthafuckin' right! If you gonna cuss, then dammitt, do it right. Another lesson in cussin' 101....never pronounce those "g"s....example: fuckin'.

Most definately.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Yeah but he is so sexy when he is angry all 5 feet of him ,i love the way he bitch slapped Apples ,you just know he enjoyed doing that
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sweet said:

like in ...

how bout the way he enunciates WATER....

vainandy said:

origmnd said:

I thought I was the only one who noticed the way he says "water".

That's a midwestern thingy isn't it?? Jermaine Jackson says it the same way.

babynoz said:

what about it? he doesn't sound funny to me.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Didn't say it was funny.

I just noticed the distinctive way he says it.

babynoz said:

nothin distinct about it to me... i'm from the midwest, and i hear no distinction of any sort.

** It's like when Michael Jackson says," Your butt is mine." Please!!!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Of course it would not sound distinctive to you. You are from the midwest.

However, to someone from another part of the country it may sound different.

Right???