"people knew he was with her for the wrong reason. but they wanted him to overcome those issues. and realize she was good for him because of the chemistry they had and not because she was white. my guess is that the writers didn't expect them to be so good together on screen."
At least that explains why the black women in the theater, where I saw the movie, actually cheered for the white woman giving Bill Bellamy's character the evil eye, when she walked past him with her bigger, black boyfriend. It's like she got a black guy upgrade...from Sherman Hemsley to Will Smith. I've never seen that in my life...seeing black women cheering "You go, girl!" to a white woman with a black man. And unfortunately, I'll probably never see that ever again.
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Diamond97
15 years ago
I agree. Since black love is so rarely portrayed, I think black women want to see that first, since they're black.
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the_urban_prince
14 years ago
Yeah they had great chemistry! some times that happens. but keeping them together would have been totally politically incorrect considering the character's ignorant view of black women. i for one wouldn't mind seeing a IR relationship portrayed as healthy in films for once. they're all portrayed very negatively, and cynically.
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ldddhunter
14 years ago
yeah bill's character was dating the white woman for all the wrong reasons (even though they had a lot of chemistry)- he was basically just trying to prove a point about his view about dating black women...which didn't gel too much w/me. I am a white woman and I thought they should have delved more into why bill's character preferred white woman over black women, the movie didn't give us enough back story and/or information on bill's character...but bill and the white chick (i forget her name in the movie) had tons of chemistry and i think they could have made their relationship work, but bill's character was just too confusing. usually black women hate when black men date white women so i am shocked that you had black women cheering her on, i think thats pretty cool. i guess they must have thought that bill's character was sort of an a-hole they way he treated black and white women.
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oxblood
13 years ago
Brian (Bill Bellamy's character) was reacting to his upbringing. Remember his trip to his mother's house? She was a really negative character who had relationships problems with black men and blamed them for all her problems. She projected her anger and frustrations onto her sons (remember Brian had a younger half brother who lived with his her and was causing her problems). Probably through most of their childhood. That's why Brian disliked black women. If anything they should have shown him dating, not just white women but also latino and asian women because his preference was for any woman who wasn't black. But the director and screenwriter did a poor job highlighting the message of his character.
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