How to Make Love to a Negro...

A hot summer in Montreal... Man, an aspiring author, and Bouba, a Koran-quoting wiseman, share a small apartment on Carre St-Louis, or sleeping on the couch. Man is writing a book that is a record of his fantasies. Cruising is Man's greatest passion. He practices his passion on the Latin Quarter, local bars, the International Jazz Festival, and even the Post Office. No opportunity is too good to pass up when it comes to seducing pretty white girls who love to make love to a Negro (if it doesn't become too tiring). Meanwhile, Bouba, a homebody, lures Ms. Suicide and Ms. Mystic onto his favorite couch. While Man and Bouba cheerfully entertain their numerous conquests, the local drug dealers (Roy Dupuis) feel that the increasing number of blacks in the area signify preparations to move in on their turf. However their campaign of intimidation doesn't deter Man and Bouba from pursuing pretty White girls...until the dealers decide to trash their party.

I found the subject material offensive (duh!!). The movie just about insulted everybody and everything. Roy is in maybe 10 minutes throughout the movie.

Ebby

Roy has a pretty small part in this movie (about five minutes here and five minutes there), his character is called pusher #2. He plays a drug dealer/gang member. He can make smoking a cigarette seem really sexy, but I found the movie slightly long and boring, even with Roy in it.

Karen

Also known as: Comment faire l'amour avec un noir sans se fatiguer
Also known as: How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
French, dubbed in English (1989)

I didn't really want to write about this one. But in the interest of completeness, I will report that I saw this movie, and that Roy Dupuis does have a role in it.

"Comment faire" is about a young African man living in Montreal. He is a writer who spends a lot of his time seducing white women and then writing about his sexual adventures; in fact, the title of the movie is the title of the book he is writing.

But this movie is really all about racism. The young man (whose name, interestingly enough, is Man) encounters racism everywhere he goes. They use the "n" word throughout the movie -- a lot. They keep trying to shock the audience, and that's pretty much all there is. There's also a great deal of interracial sex, as you might expect considering the plot.

Roy Dupuis plays one of three racist drug dealers who targets Man. I found the character pretty distasteful, which is, of course, the point. He comes in early in the film and is there in bits and pieces right up until near the end. Not only is his character revolting, it is also obvious that this is one instance in which Roy did not dub his own performance in English. It was jarring hearing someone else's voice coming out of his mouth.

I didn't absorb enough of the film to give it a coherent rating. But my impression was that it wasn't very good and didn't make its point with anything resembling clarity.

Billie