Hollywood Shuffle is a bit uneven, but as silly as it often is, its swipes at Hollywood’s racism, both the blatant and subtle varieties, cut deep.

Always enjoyable and Townsend is great.

Brimming with imagination and energy, Hollywood Shuffle is the kind of shoestring effort more appealing in theory than execution.

Without Townsend and Hollywood Shuffle, it is very possible that many of our premier Black actors and filmmakers would never have had a chance to tell their stories and practice their craft.