while rap battles are sometimes superficially defined by arrogant boasts and empty insults hurled from contestant to contestant there is social and political substance to the tongue-twisters in "Bodied" conveyed through these rap wizards
the vibrant performances from Worthy and the rest of the cast help push things ahead, and there are enough dynamo battles from start to finish to keep hungry rap fans satisfied
it may be overlong and uneven, but it's still the most subversive movie about hip hop ever made, one of the most exciting modern portraits of race relations period, and a daring assault on white liberal privilege that checks it from the inside out
