Shaft

Right on.

“They say this cat is a bad mother - . . . ”
~ Oscar Wilde on Shaft

“SHUT YO MOUTH!”
~ Isaac Hayes on Oscar Wilde on "Shaft"

“But I'm talking about Shaft!”
~ Oscar Wilde on Isaac Hayes

“Then I dig it!”
~ Isaac Hayes on Oscar Wilde

John Shaft is a complicated man, no one understands him but his woman, so Shaft cannot be described in more than one sentence otherwise everyone will understand and he can't be Shaft no more.^[1] SHAFT!

For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Shaft.

Blackground[edit]

Shaft at age nine, right on.

The Black Private Dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks.₁

Childhood[edit]

Ya damn right.₂

Early Adulthood[edit]

A complicated man, no one understands him but his woman.₃

Contemporary Descriptions[edit]

The man that would risk his neck for his brother-man.₄

Life History[edit]

The cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about.₅

Summary[edit]

Can ya dig it?₆

References[edit]

↑ Just talking about Shaft.

Footnotes[edit]

Right on.
Shut yo mouth.
Just talking about Shaft.
Can ya dig it?
We can dig it.
Wah-kachaka-wah-kachaka-wah-kachaka-wah-wah-wah . . .

Preceded by: Wesley Snipes	Bad Motherfuckers 10,000 B.C. - Present	Succeeded by: Samuel L. Jackson

[1] Just talking about Shaft.

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