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Ask most people what a pimp looks like on screen and they will describe a 1970s costume, a Cadillac, and a wide-brimmed hat. That image comes from blaxploitation, but it is only one layer of the pimp in American cinema. The figure appears in crime dramas, neo-noir thrillers, and at least one documentary that tried to separate myth from fact. For historians and researchers, the real question is what the record shows beyond the 1970s, and how to document it without repeating th