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To: sonofagun

'Johnson Family Vacation,' 'Barberhshop..'


16 posted on 02/24/2005 8:43:55 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

I think it depends on the movie. Sometimes with certain story lines and two black actors, some white people will think it isn't for them. There was a children's book author who said this is especially true when parents are picking out book titles for children. If a black child is on the front cover, white parents will automatically assume it's a book about being black. Some people may go to a movie and if a black person is in a particular role, they may not like it because in their minds that's 'not realistic'. I bet they catch these things in test audiences though.


22 posted on 02/24/2005 8:47:09 AM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: gopwinsin04; sonofagun

see my previous post # 17. The films you both mention are genre films that do not expect or need foreign revenues to make money.


23 posted on 02/24/2005 8:47:36 AM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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