A collection of silly subplots revolves around one night in the life of a black stand-up comedy club in TALKIN' DIRTY AFTER DARK, a low-budget combination farce-performance film that's much better onstage than it is off.
Club owner Dukie Sinclair (John Witherspoon) is trying to strike up more than a business relationship with his top draw, Aretha (Phyllis Yvonne Stickney). Aretha isn't interested, in part because she already has a boyfriend ("Tiny" Lister Jr.), who's very touchy about who touches her and is so
big that his name, in fact, is Bigg. Dukie's wife, Rubie Lin (Jedda Jones), meanwhile is trying to make some outside time of her own with rising stand-up...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins