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Black version of Cinderella

posted 9 years ago by deverylej
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I finally saw this movie last night on Netflix, and I thought it was pretty good. Then it suddenly dawned on me that it sort of follows a modern day Cinderella in that the pretty damsel in distress is saved literally and figuratively by the handsome prince; the main (but not the only) difference is that the story is set in the 21st century and the main characters are black! Having made this observation, I thought the story was sad, but realistic!

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[–] activista 9 years ago

I honestly thought that the plot had nothing to do with Cinderella at all--in the end, it's the women who winds up saving herself, and realizing that she is more than her projected image for once. Here's a nice little article about black women and romance onscreen:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bimadewunmi/can-i-live-goddamn#.voMEykXEG

[–] MariMcCabe 9 years ago

Not really.