In her analysis of the film, Harriet Margolis writes that this is not because “ consciously chooses to reject his mother’s values as that he wants to establish his own based on the macho heroic values he learned during the heyday of blaxploitation films." Critics also noted Wayans’ ability to satirically capture the era of the “Buck” in blaxploitation film: the white man's notion of the all-powerful brutal black man. To the urban public, the parody film perfectly captured the era of blaxploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s. I’m Gonna Git You Sucka received critical receptions that were wide-ranging and numerous in viewpoint. African-American audience members were thrilled to attend the screening of a movie filled with black actors about a black film genre. The film opened with rave responses from the black community. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka has a rating of 62% on Rotten Tomatoes from 29 reviews, the critical consensus on the website saying that the film "puts a satirical spin on '70s nostalgia with a comedy whose somewhat scattershot laughs are often offset by pure energetic silliness." It grossed a total of $3 million in the box office in the first month of the film's release. Once Wayans earned enough credibility to have his film picked up by a studio and a budget of $3 million, Wayans filmed his debut feature film in 32 days. Eddie Murphy suggested the concept of a blaxploitation parody and its title. Before making I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Wayans spent five years earning credentials for films such as Hollywood Shuffle and Eddie Murphy Raw. Sitting with friends and making fun of the genre struck the idea for the film in Wayans. The inspiration behind the film came from Wayans, who is a fan of blaxploitation films, and his childhood spent growing up watching these films as they made up the majority of black films made during the 1960s and 1970s. The film was written and directed by first-time director Keenan Ivory Wayans.
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