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color coding of characters

posted 11 years ago by hypestyle
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watching the film again recently, I couldn't help but to notice:

Lyric and Jason, the central characters of the film, and the "virtuous" ones in terms of behavior, are light-skinned.

Jason's brother Joshua (Woodbine) and Lyric's brother Alonzo (Treach), are both corrupt, "unvirtuous" characters in the film-- and they are both darker-skinned.

I can only presume that this was not intentional on the part of the filmmakers. Still, it's something that comes to mind when examining the subtext of the narrative.

"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
Stan Lee, 1962

[–] queencity86 10 years ago

I think that's just a coincidence and Jada's not even light skin. She's a lighter brown complexion, but she's not considered light skin.

[–] threedollarbill 10 years ago

I am about her color and sometimes I'm told I'm light skinned or even redbone I heard before and sometimes I'm told I'm more of a lighter side of caramel color. Go figure...