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The actors were too good-looking


For this movie to be believable. They all looked like supermodels. Even the mother of the main character was ridiculously good-looking. How often do you encounter attractive people in the ghetto? Zero.

The rest of the movie, the plot, the acting, and the dialogue...horrendous. D-

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I agree.I like Tyrese Gibson.He is cool.

''Don't worry,Be Happy''

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Yes. Because class determines your beauty.

Seriously?! Don't be silly, good looking people can be found anywhere. You've never seen an ugly person from the suburbs/affluent area? The mother of the main character kept up with her looks, that's another reason why she looked good. That goes for anyone regardless of the neighborhood they live in.

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It's a known fact that poorer people in urban areas generally lack the resources and education for: a better diet, better health care, and better nutrition. As a result, you have people who are:

obese
have bad dental health
have bad skin

People who are better educated and live in more affluent neighborhoods have more resources and thus look healthier. Beauty has nothing to do with it. You can take any obese, ugly kid out the ghetto, change their lifestyle, and they will indeed become more attractive.

Just statin' the facts. Don't roll your eyes at me.

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Sure economic factors can play a role in someones physical appearance, but now you're equating health/education with physical attractiveness? If it's not about beauty, why are you trying to make a case on how ugly poor people are because they lack equal access to amenities? Those things you listed aren't necessarily indicators of unattractiveness. You can be physically unappealing and be in the the best health, and be in poor health and be good looking. We can agree beauty/attractiveness is subjective, so why is this even a topic?
Poor does not = ugly, and rich doesn't= attractive. Maybe I'm eye-rolling because I don't like your elitist tone

take any obese, ugly kid out the ghetto, change their lifestyle, and they will indeed become more attractive.
You're not serious. Ever heard of Biggie Smalls? Changing your lifestyle more often benefits your health, not always your looks. Having clear skin won't erase an unfavorable bone structure if you have one, or an abnormally large space between your eyes? It seems like you're defining attractiveness with wealth. Or maybe I've seen too many unappealing people who are not poor.

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Donald Trump is rich as hell, but he looks like a dog! Just saying.....

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Health and beauty are two different things. People in the hood might not have the best health but they can have beauty. Some of our biggest black stars came from the hood, and many of them were attractive. They saw they were attractive and so they made something of themselves. Just because someone is poor doesn't automatically make them unattractive. The thing about beauty is, beauty doesn't discriminate. Beauty can be found in all classes. There's a lot of ugly rich people, they might use their money to get plastic surgery to get better looking but still they started out ugly.

What makes you good looking is your parents, family, and genes you inherit, not class and money.

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"How often do you encounter attractive people in the ghetto? Zero."

This comment is completely false! For one of the books I worked on some years ago, I visited some very poor areas in Brooklyn and had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing some lower income peoples. I must say that among them, I saw beauty inside and out. They may not have had the money some others have, but they were good looking people all the same.

Beauty is found in all areas of life. It is not fair to assume that because a certain group of people is lacking economically that this means they are lacking in good looks as well. This is simply not true!

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I agree. Have you ever seen the melted meth face of those broads in the trailer park?

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Nah....i know some ppl who are/were from the hood and they're attractive....of course there are some that aren't but some definitely are as well. I can understand someone not believing it but it's true.

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