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“Chocolate City” Movie Hits BET, Gets Twitter All Hot and Bothered

“Magic Mike” gets a shot of chocolate and the ladies love it

Jun 11, 2015 10:56 GMT  ·  By
“Chocolate City” premiered on BET, was a smashing hit with audiences
   “Chocolate City” premiered on BET, was a smashing hit with audiences

Male stripper movies are becoming the next big thing, make no doubt about it. “Magic Mike,” Channing Tatum’s slightly fictionalized pre-fame story, dropped in 2012 and earned praise from both the (mostly female) viewers and the critics. A sequel will be out this summer, aptly called “Magic Mike XXL.”

There’s even a “chocolate” version of this franchise now. It’s called “Chocolate City” and it opened in select theaters in the US on May 22, to very little fanfare, all things considered. Last night, the movie hit BET, where it’s playing on a loop - and Twitter can simply not get enough of it.

“Chocolate City” may be light on plot but did you see the gorgeous men in it?

You will find a trailer for the film at the end of this article. The story is as simple as it gets: you have a handsome young man living with his mother, who, desperate for cash, accepts the offer of a fancy gentleman who is actually the owner of an exotic dance club.

The young man agrees to shake his tailfeather on amateur night, and becomes the club’s overnight sensation. If this sounds a lot like “Magic Mike,” it’s because the premise is the same, so don’t think that “Chocolate City” is about to blow your socks off with stellar acting and a solid, powerful plot.

It won’t.

Still, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t give it a chance, especially if you like looking at gorgeous men like the actors in this film, doing suggestive dance moves bound to drive the ladies crazy.

As it turns out, many people did watch it when it premiered on BET last night, and they were thrilled with what they’d seen, as their tweets on the topic, some of which you will find below, will attest.

“Chocolate City” may have a laughable plot, but the moves on castmembers Tyson Beckford, Michael Jai White and Robert Ri’chard made up for it. Vivica A. Fox’s wig also kept many viewers glued to the screen, apparently. It was a thing of beauty.

A guilty pleasure never hurt anyone

During the promo trail for “Magic Mike,” much emphasis was placed on how this wasn’t just a movie about exotic male dancers. Critics agreed: directed by the famous Steven Soderbergh, it was a well put together, beautifully shot instance of modern cinema.

Many still saw it for the hotness factor, which will be upped by many times in the sequel, as leading man Tatum promised. Much like the “Transformers” films that appeal to moviegoers who like their explosions loud and caused by giant alien robots that can turn into cars, “Magic Mike” is ultimately the poor (wo)man’s version of Chippendales.

It is a bit of guilty pleasure that you can’t even be bothered to feel ashamed for later.

The same goes for “Chocolate City,” from what we can see on Twitter. In the end, in an industry that puts the focus on the female body in most releases, it’s refreshing to see a film (or three) that so shamelessly turns the tables on body objectification.

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