In this episode, we discuss 1998’s Rush Hour, that basic cable mainstay which served to introduce Jackie Chan to a wider U.S. audience.
Meanwhile, we’ve got more than a few questions about the film that Siskel and Ebert praised for taking the high road and avoiding the easy racial jokes.
Namely, if the racial jokes told by Chris Tucker aren’t the easy ones, what got left on the cutting room floor?
And how does this film fit into some of our most troubling popular ideas about how the cops are supposed to do their jobs?
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