>Peace Eaves, Your bottom comments are in line with my comment and also Yemi Toure's review of the film in The Black World Today.
>Interesting, People of color in film >are usually divorced from kin, >community and a sense of >history. > > >>I am so amazed at how >>divided people are about this >>movie. Personally, I and >>pretty much everyone else in >>the theatre with me felt >>like we had sat in >>front of some dude jacking >>off and got the evidence >>of such, on the backs >>of our necks. >>
>> How about Halle hawking >>her wedding ring to buy >>her new man a big >>ol' "white cowboy hat"? >>How about there being no >>story line that speaks of >>Leticia's history and community, as >>clearly as it spoke of >>Hank's? I mean hey, >>those are only a few. >> >> >>Sure you can argue what the >>director was trying to do >>in what he provided on >>screen, but truly, how many >>of you, faced with a >>female relative or acquaintence in >>this scenario, would be so >>quick to applaud or romanticize >>these decisions? >> >>peace >> >>Life is a cycle and only >>you determine whether it be >>a circle or a spiral. >>