6. “Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song”
In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles had tongues wagging about his seks scene in his film “Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song.” It was many years later that he admitted that yes, the seks was real — because he contracted an STD. Because of that, he was able to receive workers compensation.
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