Hair-pulling, name-calling, punch-throwing, these girls are going for blood. A fisticuffs / brawling catfight between Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong (LisaRaye McCoy) and Ronnie (Chrystale Wilson) from the movie, 'The Players Club' (1998). The two women end up getting into a catfight. Diamond goes to The Players Club and confronts Ronnie. Diamond and Blue find her and call the cops. Ronnie makes Ebony go to Ronnie's brother's bachelor party. Ebony has been gone alot and Diamond finds out that Ebony has been doing "other" things than stripping. Diamond kicks her out and breaks up with her boyfriend. Diamond runs in and finds her boyfriend and Ebony in bed together. One night, when Diamond comes home, an obsessed fan attacks her. Diamond's cousin, Ebony wants to work at the Players Club and gets caught up in the fast life. Dollar Bill, the owner of the club allows Diana to work and gives her the name.Diamond. Diana goes to the hip and saucy "The Players Club". Tricks tells Diana that she should "use what God gave her" and make some fast money. Diana ends up working at a shoe store, when she meets Ronnie and Tricks, two evil strippers that work at a sassy strip club. Armstrong), Badja Djola (the Doctor), Tiny Lister and LisaRaye (Diamond).Diana, a young, unwed mother struggles to make enough money to pay for her college education. Louis), Ronn Riser (Professor Mills), Dick Anthony Williams (Mr. Diana Armstrong, also known as Diamond, is the main protagonist of the 1998 dark-comedy thriller film The Players Club. Johnson (L'il Man), Ice Cube (Reggie), Alex Thomas (Clyde), Faizon Love (Peters), Charles Murphy (Brooklyn), Chrystale Wilson (Ronnie), Tracy Jones (Tina), With: Bernie Mac (Dollar Bill), Monica Calhoun (Ebony), Jamie Foxx (Blue), A.J. It includes much profanity, partial nudity and suggestive situations. This film is rated R (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Written and directed by Ice Cube director of photography, Malik Sayeed edited by Suzanne Hines music by Hidden Faces production designer, Dina Lipton produced by Carl Craig and Patricia Charbonnet released by New Line Cinema. Which one chastened ex-stripper winds up selling shoes. Little did we know, but that fight scene was very intense, and so was the tension between the two of them. There's something to be said for a cautionary tale in I Love Old School Music spoke exclusively to Chrystale Wilson, best known for her role of Ronnie on the classic film, The Player’s Club about her work on the film and the truth behind the fight scene with Lisa Raye’s character, Diamond. Campy moments and a luridly colorful look (with cinematography by Malik Sayeed) may give this no-flair, no-frills B movie a healthy video afterlife some day. Ice Cube, who plays a minor heavy and flaunts his trademark scowl, also throws in some broad humor, as when Diamond's nemesis (Chrystale Wilson) shows up at a bachelor party full of white policemen and starts spanking them in honor In a spirit of exploitation that invokes the heyday of Pam Grier, it also manages to turn Diamond into a pistol-packin' mama and work in a catfight or two. Reactions 1,441 68 30 1,411 Alleybux 55,500 Today at 10:20 AM 1 We all know The Players Club is a staple in most Black homes. "We Be Clubbin"' and "You Know I'm a Ho." And yet for all its leering this is as soapy a film as "Soul Food," defending the empowering benefits of exotic dancing yet worrying about good girls Diamond vs Ronnie (Players Club) Thread starter AgentofChaos Start date Today at 10:20 AM Tags club diamond Who Gave A Better Performance Diamond Votes: 0 0.0. Hair-pulling, name-calling, punch-throwing, these girls are going for blood. In a film that sees its biggest moral distinction between dancing at the club and moonlighting at bachelor parties, song titles on the soundtrack include "Shake Watcha Mama Gave Ya," "Show Me da Money," "Whores in the House," Diamond goes to The Players Club and confronts Ronnie. LisaRaye as Diamond in the film "The Players Club." Armstrong)Chrystale Wilson (Ronnie)Adele Givens (Tricks)Bernie Mac (Dollar Bill)Anthony Johnson (Lil Man)Jimmy. "All this dancin', and finals was just around the corner!" she complains, articulating the film's central dilemma: Diana is wholesome and nice, but she has to strut her stuff at the club for fiscal reasons. LisaRaye McCoy (Diamond)Dick Anthony Williams (Mr. (Who could forget the swoop.) The rapper sported a two-piece Dior. Set in what is euphemistically called "a gentleman's club," it constructs a 100 percent predictable soap opera around clean-cut Diana Armstrong (LisaRaye), who is a college student and single mom. In the gallery of snaps, Mulatto was spotted wearing Ronnie’s iconic blond half ponytail, and, of course, the swoop bang. He rapper Ice Cube makes his directorial debut with "The Players Club," a hearty throwback to the formula behind '70s blaxploitation films: sex, violence,Ĭash, trash and flash. The New York Times on the Web: Current Film.
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