I used to occasionally make Coca-Cola floats (Coke topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream) for myself as a kid, so when AMC Theatres added
$6 Coke floats to their concession stands this summer, I couldn't pass it up and had to get myself one at a screening of actor-turned-documentarian Michael Rapaport's
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest.
A drink I was nostalgic for was perfect for a pretty good (although some have found it to be
problematic) rapumentary where I experienced a similar kind of nostalgia--for
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm,
The Low End Theory(*) and
Midnight Marauders. (Those three albums were like my high school soundtrack, and to relive them on the big screen and to be treated to stories about the making of those hip-hop masterpieces is an experience I enjoyed more than any of the blockbusters that have been released this summer. Sorry,
well-done Captain America adaptation.)
(*) "Scenario," the classic Low End Theory
joint that was such a breakthrough for guest rapper and then-Leaders of the New School member Busta Rhymes, is absent from the film. According to Rapaport, its absence is due to those dreaded clearance issues.I never buy a beverage when I watch a movie because they often make me leave the screening room in the middle of the movie to rush over to the bathroom, and I don't like having to miss a few minutes of the feature presentation, but AMC's Coke float is worth snapping up--even though I did end up having to hold it during the entire "And then it all came crashing down" half of
Beats, Rhymes & Life. I'm glad these Coke floats are available only for a limited time because having too much of them is a bad thing. Just ask the
diabetic Phife. But in a
heat wave that's as terrible as
this summer's, a Coke float hits the spot.
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