B*A*P*S

B*A*P*S (1997)
Director: Robert Townsend
Tagline: « These Pretty Women… Are Clueless! »
Actors:
Mr. Donald Blakemore
Tracy Shaw
Genre: Comedy
Rating:  vote average (6’371 votes)
Quotes: « Nisi: You remember when we took those CPR classes? » « Mickey: Yeah – All the cute guys were in there. » « Nisi: Didn't you learn anything? » « Mickey: No… But I met James. » « Nisi: Shh… we gonna check his heart to see if it's still beating… Go on. Check it. » « Mickey: You check it. » « Nisi: You check it. » « Mickey: You check it… » « Nisi: YOU CHECK IT! It's on yo side! » « Mickey: [Mickey laid her head against Mr. B's neck to see if he was still alive] He's alive! » « Nisi: I'm going to bed! » « Mickey: Nisi? Nisi? Nisi! » « Nisi: I've been thinking, okay? About how we're gonna get up out of here. » « Mickey: What? » « Nisi: Don't act like you don't know, Mickey! The guilt! The guilt of what we're doing! Now, that man down there? He's a nice man. And he ain't got nothing around him but people trying to use him like you and me! » « Mickey: I know. Why do you think I got up and left? » « Nisi: [Fiercely] We should have been done got up and left! » [Pushes Mickey aside and sits on the bed] « Mickey: [Sits next to Nisi] D, dont you think we should at least say goodbye? » « Nisi: [Quietly] We can't. » « Mickey: Why? » « Nisi: [On the verge of tears] Because if I go to him and say we're leaving, he's going to ask "Why?" And then I'm gonna have to tell him and me and you have been a part of this whole big lie… I can't do it. » « Mr. Donald Blakemore: There is no fortune worth the price of a true love. Some things are priceless. »
Trailer: BAPS
Runtime:91 minutes
Plots: Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses). Nisi and Mickey are girlfriends who work as waitresses. To get the necessary money for opening their dream restaurant they fly to California to audition for a music video. There Nisi is asked by the nephew of Mr.Blakemore’s (who is video director) to act for a week as granddaughter of Lily, Mr.Blakemores one true love, whom he lost long ago and couldn’t pursue because she was his family’s housekeeper. They revive Blakemore’s interest for life, and he teaches them to be “Black American Princesses” in return.

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