MORRIS O'KELLY: Are There Any 'Black' Summer Movies?
(May. 4, 2004) It's that time of year, summer blockbusters are poised to take over. Memorial Day and the 4th of July are two weekends you can always depend on for major releases that make or break a movie studio. A friend asked me the other day when are we going to have a 'Black' summer blockbuster. My answer to him was, "What exactly is a 'Black' movie in the first place?"
Seriously, what is a 'Black' movie? Will Smith will be starring in "I,Robot" this summer which features the man with extremely wide ear set, fighting off a band of self-aware, evil robots. That movie will have more CGI robots than Black folk…so THAT's NOT a Black movie, right? That's more a 'robot' movie than a 'Black' movie, wouldn't you say? Yes it's a summer blockbuster with a Brotha as the leading man, but…
So again, what is a 'Black' movie?
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After reading that article, what are your thoughts? What
IS a BLACK MOVIE?!??