It opens with the Wayans Brothers (Shawn and Marlon, and no, we don't know which one is which) in a convenience store waiting for an "ice cream" delivery. They are disguised as Mexicans in one of the most racist depictions ever committed to celluloid. See, it isn't really ice cream that they are waiting for, it's drugs; and they're not really Mexican convenience store operators, they're Negro FBI agents. Got that?

Somehow, they mistake an actual ice cream delivery for the drug buy (what are the chances of that?) and end up fucking up in a spectacular manner. Admonished by their boss to "never do something like this again" and threatened with firing, they are given an assignment to protect "The Wilson Girls", two high society dames threatened with kidnapping. One contrivance invariably leads to another, and before you can say "special make-up effects" the boys are impersonating white chicks!

The Wayans are noticeably taller and thicker than these Paris Hilton clones, but in this films' mixed up worldview, none of this matters. It doesn't matter that the rubber masks that they have on are about as convincing as a dollar store Halloween costume. It doesn't matter that they retain all the mannerisms of young ghetto Negro men. It doesn't matter that they can't even keep it straight as to which sister they are impersonating. It doesn't matter that they are spending the weekend in the Hampton's with three of their closest childhood friends. You just have to accept the premise and willingly suspend disbelief. Repeating the mantra "It's only a movie" over and over to ones' self almost helps.

Now that we have like totally accepted the premise (wink-wink) we are set to have fun at the movies. Like shit and fart jokes? This thing really packs 'em in. You won't sit through five minutes of this masterpiece of shit without a flatulence gag. Do you enjoy contrivances that are as plastic as the girls' faces? We know that last statement might be a little hard to follow, but watch this film and you'll understand. Here's our take on what constitutes the plot.

We were laughing so hard at all the fart jokes, we may have it wrong: The twin socialites known as the Wilson Sisters are visiting the Hampton's. Someone has threatened kidnapping. Hence, the FBI. There's some very low sort of dramatic tension concerning which set of chicks make the cover of the Hampton Magazine (whatever the fuck that is). That dramatic tension causes a very low rent rivalry with another set of rich white chicks. It translates into a bunch of "you're mommas so..." jokes and a dance- off at a local discotheque.

Now that you're totally confused, the real chicks (who are sequestered away in the big city) see all the press they're getting ("We made Page Six!") and decide to go to the Hampton's to horn in on the good times. Here is the breathless ending, what with all the FBI agents, their pissed- off wives, socialites, kidnappers and what-not running around... oh yeah, and the rich black basketball star on the hunt for white meat! Did we forget to mention Latrell? His name is Latrell. The entire enterprise collapses to a conclusion and our boys indeed save the day.

White Chicks is so dumb, so racist, and so fucking wrong- headed at every turn, 12 Angry She Males sat in a state of Bad Movie Bliss that lingered in the air like all the farts this movie demands we enjoy. Keenan Ivory Wayans sets the civil rights movement back at least fifteen years with this thoroughly enjoyable atrocity.

We give it our highest rating, having loved every sickening second of this celluloid suck-fest. Wallow into this pule at your own risk but don't forget to bring along some potent air freshener.

GANDHI AND DISCRIMINATION

First of all, the film opens in 1893, a time when British colonial rule was at its height and influenced virtually all aspects of life in India.

In a very pivotal scene, Gandhi, while traveling in South Africa, is tossed off of a train for being a “kaffir” or a “non-Muslim African native” while seated in first-class accommodations aboard the train. At this point, Gandhi begins to understand that the laws within South Africa which at the time was also under British colonial rule, are extremely biased and discriminatory against not only his ethnic background (i.e., Indian) but also those of other persons who do not fit within society.

This could be compared to the experiences of many African-American citizens during the 1950's when they were forced to be segregated from white Americans, especially related to public transportation and the use of restrooms, washrooms and even having dinner in a restaurant, where blacks were often made to sit in separate rooms in order to be served.

Many state laws mandated that black Americans did not have the same rights as white Americans; thus, with Gandhi being thrown off the train in South Africa, the similarities are quite striking, especially since it is clear that the South African/British government discriminated against Gandhi simply because he was not a native Muslim of the country.

GANDHI'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

As the film progresses, Gandhi finds himself in a very strange situation, namely, that he has become in the eyes of most Indian nationals a true hero for his efforts to stop selective discrimination against his people in India.

It is interesting to note that Gandhi was born, raised and educated in England before he became immersed in the struggles of India to free itself from the control of the British Empire. At first, Gandhi is not sure how to respond to the discrimination, but he quickly decides to initiate a non-violent campaign against British rule by having millions of his fellow Indians participate in sit-down strikes and refusing to work or pay their taxes to the British government. This campaign succeeds far beyond his expectations, for in the end, after being imprisoned and treated with great disrespect by some of own people, the British government relinquishes and allows the nation of India to have its independence from the British Empire.

GANDHI, ROSA PARKS AND DR. KING

In many ways, this event is very similar to the success of the boycotts and sit-ins by black Americans in 1957 which persuaded President Eisenhower and the U.S. Congress to create new legislation that would guarantee the same rights and privileges to black Americans as compared to their white counterparts, particularly in the Deep South, where racial discrimination was rampant and affected the lives of all African-Americans in very negative ways.

Also, the character of Gandhi can be compared to that of Mrs. Rosa Parks. In December 1955, African-Americans in Montgomery, Alabama organized a bus boycott after Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. As a human being, Rosa Parks refused to be discriminated against simply because she was black and obviously found it very distressing that the laws in Alabama mandated that black passengers on public buses must give up their seats to white passengers.

Interestingly, the man who initiated this and other boycotts in the Deep South was Martin Luther King, Jr., who within a short period of time (much like Gandhi) gained national prominence for his non-violent protests against discrimination and segregation by invoking Christian morality, American ideals of liberty and the ethics of non-violent resistance begun by Mahatma Gandhi in his struggle against British colonial rule.

Much like Gandhi is portrayed in Attenborough's magnificent film, King lived to see his greatest triumph in the 1950's with the Supreme Court decision known as Gayle v. Browder, that effectively overturned the laws that enforced bus segregation in the city of Montgomery. Of course, in 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by a disgruntled Muslim. Dr. King was also assassinated on April 4, 1968, almost forty years to the day of the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

Undoubtedly, director Richard Attenborough clearly had the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and early 1960's in mind when he decided to produce "Gandhi," due to many similarities between the film and the Civil Rights Movement, a fact which shows that the struggle for racial and ethnic rights and freedom is not confined to the U.S. and that regardless of where they are from, people must be free from tyranny and discrimination.