Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Which Way Is Up? (1977) is the Richard Pryor comic vehicle many say inspired Eddie Murphy to play all sorts of different characters in his movies. Unfortunately, it's not known for much else since this was not one of the legendary, all time great standup's best flicks. Richard plays three characters in this one: the main character, the main character’s father and a degenerate preacher. The main character, Leroy Jones, is a sexually frustrated orange picker who falls off a ladder, which accidentally makes it look like he was volunteering to lead Unionizing efforts on the farm. Having pissed off his boss but become a left wing celebrity, Leroy away to the big city where he falls in love with the beauty Vanetta (Lonette McKee), who happens to be a Union organizer. Naturally, he plays it off like he was actually a bigtime pro-Union activist, and even knocks her up while out there! We'd spend all day in the picket line if we got to stick it in a woman that fine! Leroy can't let his wife Annie Mae (Margaret Avery) find out, but when it ends up she was sleeping with the Reverend while he was away, Leroy sets out to sleep with the Reverend's daughter as revenge. This one might have been bad at the time, but it's gotten way wore over the years with tons of jokes that did not age well. But the number one issue with the movie is that this supposedly poor orange picker somehow lands two of the hottest black babes on the planet. Yes, Leroy has his pick of Margaret Avery, who we watch strip down to her undies and do some super kinky stuff with Leroy. But it's Lonette McKee whose titrus has the citrus picker looking to dick her! This light skinned babe takes her top off, exposing her bare back only to sensually tuen a bit and show us a bit of tit. Orange you glad you fell off that ladder, Leroy? It's not a great film, but you can definitely get it up to that pair in Which Way Is Up?