My friend Peggy asked me a very important q about Bubba Ho Tep. She asked if the man who was dyed or tinted was really supposed to be Elvis. I thought I knew the answer, but decided to watch the movie again just to be sure. Any excuse - what the heck.
The man who is dyed black is played by Ossie Davis, Hollywood royalty. He plays Jack Kennedy, who was dyed black, a piece of his brain removed and replaced with sand, and then stuck in this Mud Creek, Texas nursing home. There he meets the real Elvis, undyed, who got tired of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, traded places with an impersonator, threw out his hip and ended up with Kennedy in the nursing home. Then the mummy shows up and starts sucking souls out of the nursing home residents. Elderly people are easy targets with deflated souls.
So, Peggy, Ossie D plays the REAL Kennedy, and Bruce C is the REAL Elvis. And this movie is a ridiculously good. I can only imagine the amount of fun they had on the set. Ossie D is really great in this role; he even talks about Marylin.
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