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King
Leisure, Straight Outta Da ‘Burbs, the first full-length
feature film written and directed by Pat DiNizio
Translating the mock-/rock-umentary format into a hip-hop-umentary,
the film’s unscripted outline was honed by several
cast members over sushi and karaoke (no one said sake) on
a warm New York night in the spring of 2003. Casting no professional
actors, the story of Vinny Albachiero (DiNizio) unfolds,
from his long run at the top of the charts fronting the world-famous
Warlocks (The Smithereens), to his evolution into the unlikely,
right wing, middle-aged white rapper, King Leisure.
In
his new persona, King trades in his guitar and Beatle-esque
writing style for the def beats and dope rhymes with which
the kids are so down. He haplessly follows terrible advice
from a team of outdated “experts” including his
incompetent manager, Morrie Haderstein (Severo Jornacion),
and an opportunistic, parasitic publicist, Eva Destruction,
(E.M. Pfaff) who enable each other into an implausible understanding
of the pop culture landscape as it exists today.
Complicating
matters is the media’s fascination with
King’s groupie-turned-girlfriend-turned-ex, Jody St.
Vincent (Arwa J. Damon), now a well-known yet statutory TV
personality ready to tell tales outta da old school to the
highest bidder.
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