Blankman: Revisiting the Superhero Parody Movie 30 Years Later By I was a huge fan of In Living Color (1990) and have always had an appreciation for the comedic minds on that show, following several of them into their budding movie careers, so when I discovered there was a film with David Alan Grier and Damon Wayans that looked somewhat inspired by his Handi-Man superhero character from the show, I was in. Simply because we have some elements of a good thing, however, doesn’t always mean that success is guaranteed, and in the case of 1994’s Blankman, the naivety of youth is probably where this “comedy classic” should have resided. What if we did an inept superhero but used it as an homage to Batman ’66? Damon is , as shows like the old Adam West adventures and Green Hornet (1966) helped to fuel his childhood imagination.
Blankman not only shows a snippet from the show, but it also has the stylish logo transitions, overly complicated death traps, similar dialog, and that familiar onomatopoeia: pow, smack, splat, crash, and a lot of Aghhhhhhhh! It shows Batman ’66 some respect, and I like that, but it takes out some of the charm and tries to replace it with a raunchier tinge (just look at his gadgets or how he points at most things), doing Bruce Wayne if he were broke and lived in the inner city. “You’ll believe a man can fly” when you hear the sound he makes after getting slapped. Darryl (Wayans) and Kevin (Grier) Walker are two completely opposite brothers o.