Five Reasons Why Wesley Snipes is a Badass
1. Mini Max in Bad (1987)
“You ain’t down, you ain’t bad. You ain’t bad.”
Wesley Snipes (left) with Michael Jackson (center)
What’s BADder than being alongside the original king of pop, Michael Jackson, IN “Bad?”The full music video for “Bad” is an 18-minute short film penned by novelist turned screenwriter Richard Price and directed by Martin Scorsese (yes, the one and only) in 1987. Daryl (Michael Jackson), a prep school student, is returning home from a semester away. Back home, he is greeted by his old friends, Mini Max (Wesley Snipes) in particular. What starts as a friendly reunion quickly turns sour when Mini Max and company grown disgruntled with Daryl’s new ways. Noting Mini Max’s penchant for petty crime, Daryl attempts to rob an elderly man to prove his badness only to quit at the last second. A dismayed Mini Max belittles Daryl convinced that he’s no longer bad. Enter MICHAEL JACKSON. Daryl is now regailed neck to toe in black leather and accompanied by a posse of prancing punks as they collectively leap, shimmy and step to Michael Jackson’s “Bad.” Both confused from the impromptu dance routine and with interest in Daryl’s lifestyle waining, he finally choses to embrace Daryl for who he is by shaking his hand. He then left to go understand what exactly just happened to him in the last 18 minutes.
Mini Max’s response to a dozen men dressed in tight leather suddenly flash mobbing him in the subway.
“So what’s up?”
Mini Max’s response to Daryl (Mike Jack… yes I call him that) describing the physics behind poles dancing.
“So that’s the way it goes down then?”
You have to see it to believe it. Michael “Bad” Jackson faces off against Wesley “Badass” Snipes in the subway. Michael’s weapon? Dance!
… but I’m talking about Snipes, Baby.
There you have it. FilmFad’s five reasons why Wesley Snipes is a Badass Mother *Shut Your Mouth*…
