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. SHAFT!

Blackground

Shaft at age nine, right on.

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

Childhood

Ya damn right.₂

Early Adulthood

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

Contemporary Descriptions

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

Life History

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

Summary

Can ya dig it?₆

Footnotes

1. Right on.
2. Shut yo mouth.
3. Just talking about Shaft.
4. Can ya dig it?
5. We can dig it.
6. Wah-kachaka-wah-kachaka-wah-kachaka-wah-wah-wah . . .

BAD MOTHERFUCKERS

Bruce Campbell - Bruce Lee - Charles Bronson - Chow Yun-Fat - Clint Eastwood - Jack Dempsey - Dirty Harry - Dolemite - Jackie Chan - Mohandas Gandhi - James Bevel - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Tony Jaa - Jet Li - Shaft - Red Forman - Samuel L. Jackson - Ving Rhames - Tails the Straight - Mike Tyson - John Wayne - Mr. T - Chuck Norris - the Notorious B.I.G. - Jabba the Hutt - Juggernaut - Rambo - Charlton Heston

Preceded by: Wesley Snipes

Bad Motherfuckers 10,000 B.C. - Present

Succeeded by: Samuel L. Jackson