Hollywood Audiences Are Blind!

well bringing down the house looks terible but I probally still end up seeing it and loveing it, and by the way it is a freakin movie, its just stupid to act offended, BOO!

JERKS!

wow.....you're clearly retarded!

It's a fun move; pure and simple. Just enjoy the ride cause you only live once, BOO!

wow, you gave the first intelligent reply so far. Thank you for your references and reply, i have already read Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Buck by Donald Bogle and I found it informative and factual. I agree; as a film scholar, i find it offensive that this is as racially progressive as hollywood can get. Fight the good fight cheri, know that unlike most of the brain-dead morons on thi site, there are those that are educated and are working to stop this bullsh*t now and forever

right on sister!

I am white, my wife is black and we both loved the movie. If you want my feedback I guess you could say we did not see this movie as racist. It simply
used black and white issues as a basis to bring to light a more important
issue which is family disfunctionality, and the need to drop your ego and get humble with those you love most. The movie concludes with Steve Martin's character reuniting with his wife. Both character's realized they need to put pride and business #2 to help them get back what they lost.

another intelligent response, this i am pleased with

yes my friend, real racial progression can not occur overnight, and while this may seem like a harmless movie and nothing more, it is truly a contributing factor to the degredation of race relations in america.

i agree, there is little appreciation for the stuggles and culture of the black man in america, and these movies, regardless of their lead actors, perpetuates, not dispells racial stereotypes for the purpose of entertainment, and that is not right. But without bursting your bubble, no racial boundaries were crossed by those characters. Both steve and queen used their steretypical black/white personalities to gain certain priveliges, (queen being aquitted and steve getting his family back). ultimatly, the most racist parts of these movies are the fact that black actors are now playing a new role in hollywood's ongoing minstrel show: blacks play the mesiaah, helping both themselves and their racial counterparts through adversity. If this doesnt work, then they resume the role of slacker/criminal/fool.

I would like to believe that people like queen latifa and chris rock could be rolemodels to young blacks wanting to be actors, but their participation in both of those films suggest that they merely "sold out" in a sense, to hollywood, by allowing themselves to create and star in racially un-progressive cinema. for this, i have no more respect for either actor

I can't really say anything about America itself, since I don't live there, but I go to an International school run by Americans, and it seems to me that there is a great attempt at understanding and appreciating not only African American's but all other races in America. Maybe it is different across the Atlantic, but from my little taste of Americans, especially the new generation, seem to be more open, and understanding.

I myself didn't take Bringing Down the House seriously at all. I knew beforehand that it was being slammed for being racist, and so expected it. I could definitely see how people were offended.

First surandy, i saw this movie in conjunction with a term paper i am writing for one of my film classes in college. Yes, i am very aware that this movie lacks a conscience, as well as the other two movies i saw also discussed in my initial post. And even though it was for a legitimate assignment, i still feel like a douchebag for paying to see them, even though i reject their idea entirely.

while we are on the subject, i must refute your first claim that hollywood is all about making money: this i agree with, but that doesnt mean that hollywood can't creat entertaining AND thought-provoking films at the same time. Remember the late 60's/early 70's? this was a period of cultural and social rebirth in america. Essentially, people were tired of ther 1950's way of life. they rebelled in the streets, civil rights and women's movements made serious advancements, and above all, when a dramatic change occurs in a social zietgiest, it is reflected in the art that is produced within that society. Movies of the late 60's/early 70's broke new ground in everything from filming technique to narrative style, as a direct result of the changes taking place at that time.

my friend, the revolution is comming for us NOW. As we speak, America grows weary of faux-reality TV, recycled pop music, and above all, commerciallized, franchise-based hollywood filmaking. Though the public will not truly cast these trends aside for about another 4-5 years, it is already happening. and just like the 60's and 70's, my generation, the next group of concious, film-hungry, respectable scholars will graduate from film school ready to insight the same social and artistic change that made our parent's generation so great. If you were to tell someone in 1963 that movies like Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate would be even made, let alone become internationally popular, they would tell you your crazy, no different here. But my friend, i assure you, this next crop of film school graduates, which i will be leading at the forefront, will take the growing disgruntled calls of americans and re-direct the entertainment medium thusly. THE REVOLUTION IS COMMING - WHICH SIDE DO YOU WANT TO BE ON?