Blaxploitation Theater: Rudy Ray Moore is DOLEMITE

Blaxploitation was a genre of low-budget, crime and action films made in the early 1970s that featured Black actors and targeted Black audiences. The term is a portmanteau of "Black" and "exploitation," reflecting both the genre's focus on Black protagonists and its often sensationalized content, including sex, crime, and violence. While the genre faced criticism for perpetuating negative stereotypes, it also created opportunities for Black filmmakers and performers and had a lasting influence on music, particularly hip-hop.
Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dolemite from a regular at the record store where he worked, and decided to adopt the persona as an alter ego in his act.[3]

The film focuses on a professional comedian, pimp, and nightclub owner. He serves a prison sentence after being framed by dirty cops, but he is released by the governor and tasked with dealing with his hometown's illegal drug trade. He uses his prostitutes as a private army, since they are kung fu-trained martial artists.