A pimp learns a hard lesson as a social worker targets him and his ladies for redemption. Tune in as Chris talks Roscoe Orman, Iceberg Slim, and crotch holsters as the LSCE screens the 1974 cult classic “Willie Dynamite.” Join us!
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