Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Oh please, some of my favorite actors are black. Im just a real big Honeymooners fan. How would you like a black remake of the Benny Hill Show? I just cant see who ths film would appeal to other than diehard cedric fans. Because I think its ludicrous to make a black honeymooners movie it looks like your trying to label me as a racist.
Benny Hill? I would be amazed that anyone would remake that crap in any format.

The point is how much this reflects the division in your society. A film either has to be a 'black' film or a 'normal' film. They are just doing a remake of a sit-com standard - big deal. The fact that in order to reflect reality and public taste in the US the film has to market it self to one audience or the other. You have 'black music' stations over there. 'Black charts'. It is so every present that you don't even notice.

Do you think when a Fistful of dollars was made all the Japanese Americans were saying that it broke some sacred Japanese only seal on the story?

Can you begin to see how this looks to outsiders? You have black areas where black people live. I spoke to one american and he told me that black people were discouraged from buying houses in white areas as this brought property prices down as it would then be seen as a 'mixed' area, and hence less desireable.

I have another friend who recently moved over to the US. He likes the place but says that it is a divided nation. He says those divisions are striking and reminders of the division are visible everywhere.