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Originally Posted by Unright
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.
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I did see it, and I thought it was hilarious, but i could see how it wouldn't interest many people. Maybe barbershop was a bad example. How about soul plane? I realize that yes it's geared towards being funny, but whether you want to admit it or not, it's geared toward a certain demographic as well, and I think that people have gotten pretty good at figuring out what movies will interest them and what movies won't. So I think that many people equate an all black cast to that type of movie, and that just doesn't interest them.
I think one problem is that hollywood is too concerned with making money off of each film, that nobody is willing to take chances.
Has anyone been watching wife swap? I've been quite surprised that they've had many interracial couples on there (surprised in a good way). But it also saddens me a little that they sometimes make a big deal out of it. It is definately refreshing to see it on everyday television though.