I am new to the boards and I see that very few people stand on ceremony so I just guess i'll speak my mind. I have to say that as a black "coffe shop chick", I am a bit bewildered as to why black thought could be like "Wait, this story about a Hasidic (sorry for my poor spelling) Jew and a West Indian man in crown heights! How can I be DOWN!" I mean every artist has to make thier own decisions and I am not questioning his but it is painful for a dark skinned sister with locs to look up at the screen and see a dark skinned brother with locs slobberin over some white chick. I know there are white okayplayers and they will probably be offended but hey, your folks run the world and have everyone convinced that thier the most beautiful thing going so lighten up. My sister has already denounced the Roots and will not buy another thing bearing their name (she had all the albums except the live one) she is hurt and feels a bit betrayed. I can't blame her but as a filmmaker myself I feel that i should atleast look at it b4 I decide that I hate it. who is this for I wonder. black girls are going to be put off and even the most hip hip-hop white guy probably won't warm to the idea of seeing some black kid lay up with one of his sistren so I guess a lot of people are going to have my sisters reaction. <P>"All that you touch <BR>You Change.<BR>All that you Change <BR>Changes you.<BR>The only lasting truth<BR>Is Change<BR>God <BR>Is change." <BR> -- Octavia E. Butler