by dane youssef coonskin be film and by the one and only ralph bakshi and be reportedly a satirical indictment of blaxploitation film and negative black stereotype and as well a a look at life black in modern america ( modern for the day and i mean 1975 ) . paramount drop it like a hot potato that just burst into flame . but this be a bakshi film and controversial and thrilling and and a must see almost by definition alone . not just another random shock jock of a movie which try to shock for the sake of shock . it by ralph bakshi . anyone who know the name know that if he make a movie and he have something big to say . although it root be base in cheap blaxploitation and coonskin isn not just another campy knock off of mainstream white film or any kind of throwaway flick . coonskin want to be more . it aim it sight high and fry some much big fish . the movie doesn not just poke fun at the genre . nor do it just indict black people and but actually seem to show love and beauty and heart in the strange place . coonskin tell a story out of some convict await a jail break . the fact that it even possible to break out of a prison in the coonskin world alone make it old fashion . one of the inmate tell a story about a trio of black brother in harlem name brother bear and brother rabbit and preacher fox who want respect and a piece of the action and be willing to get it by any mean necessary . the itallian mob be run all the real action . big name black musician star represent barry white and scatman crothers and as well a charles gordone and the first black playwright to take home the pulitzer . something big be happen here obviously . the movie play out like a descent into this world and this side of the racial divide . from an angry and hip and deep and soulful black man with a hate in his heart and a gun in his hand . bakshi film never know the meaning of the word sublety . this one look like it never even heard of the word . but maybe a subject like this need extremism . real sledgehammer satire . some subject can not be tackle gently . bakshi be god dammed merciless . here and no member or minority of the harlem scene appear unscathed . the character here be animate to real all depend on what the mood and situation be . the animated character and the human one all share the same reality and be mean to be take just a literally . bakshi never just show ugly caricature just for shock value . he always have something to say . nor be black face be gratuitously . here and unlike in spike lee bamboozle and he seem to be use it to try and really say something . like 99 . 9 % of all of bakshi film and this one incorporate animation and live action . usually at the same time . bakshki isn not just be gimmicky here . all of this technique be all intertwined and mesh together while say something . somehow and this one feel inevitably date . many of these type of film ( bakshi include ) be very topical and very spur of the moment . they reflect the certain trend for the day and but look back of them year later and there just an unmistakable feeling of nostalgia ( as well a timeless truth ) . even though the music and clothes and slang and the city clearly look like photo that belong in a time capsule and the attitude and the spirit and the heart remain the same no matter what f king ear it be . anyone who really see the movie and the state of thing and have be in company of the people know what i be talk about . even some of the of the black character be a bunny ( junglebunny ) and a big ol bear and a fox . one of the most sour and unsavory racist character be a dirty harlem cop who hot on the trail of these dirty n s after the death of a cop . but for him and it not just business . nor be it for the rest of the brother who wear the shield . it just pure sadistic racist pleasure of hurt black . the sequence involve the godfather and his lady be one of the most moving piece in the whole film and of which there be many . it play out like an opera or a ballet . the promo line represent warn represent this film offend everybody . this be not just hype . proceed with extreme caution . you have be warn . by dane youssef .