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{{quote|''"I'm not going to rock the boat. Rocking the boat is a drag. I'm going to sink the boat. And there's no point in sinking the boat if you can't salvage with stock options."''|Putney Swope.}}
'''Putney Swope''' is a 1969 [[film]] satirizing the advertising industry (one of the earliest) directed by Robert Downey Sr.
When the CEO of an advertising company dies during a meeting, the board of directors are forced to hold an election for the new chairmen. Since they can't vote for themselves, and are unwilling to vote for each other, all of them vote for the least likely member: Music Producer and [[Token Black]] Man Putney Swope. Swope fires almost everyone, renames the company "Truth and Soul, Inc." and brings on a crew of stereotypical Black Muslims to run the business. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
The movie is notable for its cast, which is almost entirely black and well developed, its hilarious lampshading of real-life advertising practices and psychedelic, but only slightly over the top, fake commercials.
The movie was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2016.
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* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: The commercials to some extent.▼
* [[Crazy Awesome]] / [[Brick Joke]]: "The DRUMS told me!" See [[Darkest Africa]], below.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Virtually all of the white cast.
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* [[The Hero]]: Averted/Played With. Putney is thrust into a position where he needs to be the archetypal hero in order to make the world right. Unfortunately, he's just some guy who was in the right place at the right time. Everyone seems to acknowledge that if African-Americans had been given the chance to choose their own leader, it wouldn't have been Putney.
* [[The Lancer]]: Almost a deconstruction. There's a character whom, all throughout the movie, complains about how Putney does things and how he can do it better. As Putney becomes more corrupt, the Lancer's complaints go from petty arguments to legitimate criticisms, not that anybody listens to him.
▲* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: The commercials to some extent.
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[[Category:Films of the 1960s]]
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