# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1083 "2019-10-07T17:13:24Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) 6. Silver Streak (Gene Wilder as George Caldwell) 7. Aliens (Jenette Goldstein as Private Vasquez) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1084 "2019-10-07T20:19:33Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) 6. Silver Streak (Gene Wilder as George Caldwell) 7. Aliens (Jenette Goldstein as Private Vasquez) 8. [Othello (Laurence Olivier)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgh4u5aMEOA) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1085 "2019-10-07T21:24:18Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) 6. Silver Streak (Gene Wilder as George Caldwell) 7. Aliens (Jenette Goldstein as Private Vasquez) 8. Othello (Laurence Olivier) 9. Othello (Orson Wells) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1086 "2019-10-07T22:56:27Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) 6. Silver Streak (Gene Wilder as George Caldwell) 7. Aliens (Jenette Goldstein as Private Vasquez) 8. Othello (Laurence Olivier) 9. Othello (Orson Welles) 10. [The Jazz Singer (Al Jolson)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNHnjQ) Might as well end with the classic example. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1087 "2019-10-07T23:14:35Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1088 "2019-10-07T23:26:18Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1089 "2019-10-07T23:27:57Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1090 "2019-10-07T23:37:07Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1091 "2019-10-08T01:02:30Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1092 "2019-10-08T01:35:14Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 6. [The Horror of Party Beach](https://therevenantreview.com/2016/11/06/horrors-worst-films-the-horror-of-party-beach-1964/) Billed as, “The First Horror Monster Musical.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1093 "2019-10-08T02:15:29Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 6. [The Horror of Party Beach](https://therevenantreview.com/2016/11/06/horrors-worst-films-the-horror-of-party-beach-1964/) 7. [The Happiness of the Katakuris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC5GEKVoTXE) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1094 "2019-10-08T11:20:45Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 6. The Horror of Party Beach 7. The Happiness of the Katakuris 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1095 "2019-10-08T12:17:59Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 6. The Horror of Party Beach 7. The Happiness of the Katakuris 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera 9. Young Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1096 "2019-10-08T12:30:31Z")
Horror Movie Musicals 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4. Little Shop of Horrors 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 6. The Horror of Party Beach 7. The Happiness of the Katakuris 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera 9. Young Frankenstein 10. Cannibal! The Musical Swashbucklers! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1097 "2019-10-08T13:05:15Z")
Swashbucklers! 1. Captain Blood ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1098 "2019-10-08T13:08:43Z")
Swashbucklers! 1. Captain Blood 2. Captain Jack Sparrow ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1099 "2019-10-08T13:20:58Z")
Swashbucklers! 1. Captain Blood 2. Captain Jack Sparrow 3. Morgan Adams ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1100 "2019-10-08T13:44:31Z")
Swashbucklers! 1. Captain Blood 2. Captain Jack Sparrow 3. Morgan Adams 4. Cyrano de Bergerac ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1101 "2019-10-08T13:49:48Z")
Swashbucklers! 1. Captain Blood 2. Captain Jack Sparrow 3. Morgan Adams 4. Cyrano de Bergerac 5. Ned Lynch ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1102 "2019-10-08T14:55:58Z")
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