[Macho MAGA Man]

RIP

[Round Earther]

Good actor, really good movie, great theme song.

[Liaison]

Dang I was just listening to the song Shaft for the movie. I ordered up some funk music on Apple and that song came up. Like him as an actor.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I remember well that movie came out. That movie was able to transcend a lot of things at the time, but it also had a black actor playing an antihero in a way, but what was amazing is it had a lot of crossover interest in the audience all different types of people can go watch shaft and love the picture. It had some great character actors in it and it worked on a lot of levels.
Of course, the Isaac Hayes soundtrack probably contributed that movie working as much as anything

Richard Roundtree was a really good actor and he had a pretty good career but he’ll always be shaft . Bringing Samuel L Jackson into the picture never really worked.

[No name given]

Rest In Peace, Richard.

[Jane Long]

They say that Shaft is a bad....

RIP.

[Fungi]

Dittos. Did not age well. Rip Shaft.

[Rummyfan]

SHAFT made Richard Roundtree. And Isaac Hayes too.

[Robert DeLong]

Shaft Theme Song

[Governor Dinwiddie]

RIP, Mr. Roundtree.

He put the black in blaxploitation.

[DesertRhino]

Either Heaven got a new soul, or Hell just got 20 degrees cooler.

[lee martell]

I loved that theme song. It was thrilling and well constructed. I was stunned to find out later, that even though Issac Hayes had written and sold several popular songs before his own fame, Issac did not read music. He knew music, and hired others to make the necessary notations for all the background vocals, strings and brass.

Guess who else (very famous) never had to learn to formally read music? Macca, aka Paul McCartney. None of the Beatles ever learned to read or write proper notation. That’s what they hired George Martin for.

[dfwgator]

Also played the “Evel Knievel” stunt rider in “Earthquake”.

[Delta 21]

Shaft was cool.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[nickcarraway]

He’s one bad mother.

[newzjunkey]

RIP

[Ciexyz]

RIP Richard. I enjoyed your films.

[Bullish]

Shaft isn’t about race? OMG!

Jk... Sorry to hear this really.

RIP RR

[Luke21]

“Are you man enough? Big and bad enough?” Theme from Shaft in Africa.” I loved it. RIP.

[Impala64ssa]

“He’s a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman, JOHN SHAFT!” RIP