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>I didn't see it as much of a love triangle. Bishop of course >really dug her, but I felt Stamps' reaction when she slept >with Bishop wasn't as much an "I love you" reaction, but more >of a "I thought you were a better woman than to fall for this >dude's advances" reaction. Stamps and Bishop had problems way >before Bishop started telling her about his big black dick and >how much she'd love it. > >Plus, Stamps hinted that he hated that routine because that's >how white people saw black people in America, as these sexual >animals, and that Bishop was reinforcing that with his >behavior. I know Stamps liked the woman, and there was some >friction, sure... I just felt it was never really a love >triangle, more like two men with different ideals who both >reflected those ideals onto this woman. > >Maybe I'm just reading too much into it tho. Also, I can only >imagine if I was a guy off at war, and I'm living in a house >with that fine woman too. It would've driven me up the walls.
I'm not really mad at that part at all. I mean, I get how it's a little superfluous, but it's Spike's movie, he can do what he wants. In the end it wasn't a negative. Maybe not a positive, but I think you'd be lying if you said it was a negative.
It definitely DID illuminate a little something else of the black serviceman's experience fighting abroad, and helped paint the type of characters Stamps and Bishop were.
I think the dynamic between those two was very relevant, to give two different voices to the reasons blacks served. One was a hustler, serving because it was something to do, the other was trying to proudly represent himself and his people. The way they went about courting the woman did a lot to show their attitudes in that regard, and helped strengthen that discussion between the characters. ___________
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