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Originally Posted by yatzr
i would say it's also the fault of many "black" movies (barbershop,...i can't think of the others names but all the ones with snoop dogg). The comedy in those movies is geared toward blacks and really doesn't appeal to others. Therefore, people get the idea that if the leading roles are all blacks, it'll be another one of those movies which most likely won't interest them. That's what i've observed.
it really shouldn't have mattered with will smith in there though.
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The comedy in "Barbershop" was geared towards blacks?? I don't know if you noticed but it was the #1 movie in America for a few weeks. It grossed $75 million as of November 2002 (according to imdb.com). If you watched the movie, you'd see the humour isn't geared towards blacks. It's humour geared towards being funny.
As far as the producers of "Hitch" scared to cast two black actors as leads because they fear to lose an audience... It's just sad. I've noticed the ads feature Kevin James pretty heavily, too.
In this celebrity-worshipping culture, Hollywood could fight racism very easily. Give Tom Hanks a black wife in "Cast Away" and don't make a big deal out of it.