Bodied uses a white boy’s entrance into the battle rap scene to stage a hilarious satire on political correctness and cultural appropriation.
The satirical film tells the story of how a progressive grad student becomes an accidental battle rapper and whose success breeds outrage.
Like its gifted if excitable protagonists, Fame would have done well to stay in the classroom a bit more.
Yasujirô Ozu’s influence can be felt in the patient rhythms and thematic preoccupations of Chris Eska’s film.