Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) is a middle class black male aspiring to become an actor. He practices his lines in the bathroom, with his younger brother Stevie (Craigus R. Johnson) watching as he plays a stereotypical “jive” character for the audition for “Jivetime Jimmy’s Revenge”, a movie about street gangs.

• Hollywood Shuffle
• Robert Townsend
• Craigus R Johnson
• Helen Martin