You must be young with that, "is she so hot"? A silly mentality of today's generation. People don't need to be "hot" for someone to fall for them. Ever hear, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" My sister, who looks Caucasian, never thought white men were attractive. She dated black men only. She wanted to be in a relationship, and finally lifted the restraints and decided to date men of other races to find a mate. Her husband now of 12 years is white. And they are true soulmates.
Kenya does not have zero redeeming qualities. Brian is the kind of man EVERY woman could fall for. He isn't a jerk who would only fall for the "hot" chicks. He summed up women in two categories: some or sweet, some are poison.
Kenya had many redeeming qualities. She just had never been in that type of relationship before. Brian had more expereince having dated all kinds of women. He was able to break things down into simple terms. Me man, you woman, us attracted to each other, and who cares about what anyone else thinks.
She had to learn that. This was about Kenya's journey, not Brian's. Remember the "weave" issue. When she got rid of the fake hair, he told her she was what he thought of ALL of her...gorgeous. Remember that in America, most black women's experience as slaves was being raped by white men. They didn't fall in love and marry them. It is only recently you see a surge of white men who are willing to date black women. Previous to that it was the other way around (black men dating white women). And Kenya was not a woman who thought white men more handsome or superior. In fact, it was the opposite for her. She wanted an IBM.
This wasn't a movie about people needing to be hot or amazing. Just two people falling in love and learning what was truly important.
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TamPalm
8 years ago
ξ§ Very well said.
"If it doesn't make sense, it's not true." -- Judge Judy
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