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Jan 11, 2026

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day January 11 1989 – Im Gonna Git You Sucka Premiered in Theaters.

On this day January 11 1989, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka premiered in theaters, delivering a sharp parody of 1970s blaxploitation cinema through exaggerated characters visual gags and social satire. The film humorously deconstructed classic genre tropes while celebrating the style attitude and iconography that defined an earlier era of urban action films.

Im Gonna Git You Sucka arrived at the end of the...

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