[ SECRET POST #2417 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2417 ⌋

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Comments

[elephantinegrace]

I just realized I can't think of a single movie with a white woman dating a black man when the movie didn't revolve around their wedding. Although, ironically, I can think of plenty with a white man dating a black woman.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, that's my dose of "the world is a shitty place" for the day!

[(Anonymous)]

"Save the Last Dance" is a white girl/black boy romance, but it's set in high school, so voila! No wedding! Everything else about it is very... well. They tried really hard.

[(Anonymous)]

*wracks brain*

Damn! Maybe something Will Smith was in??

All I can think of is Fred/Gunn on Angel, which is TV.

[(Anonymous)]

The Pelican Brief (well, sort of)
The Bone Collector (again, sort of)
Love Field
Cruel Intentions (supporting characters)
O (and anything based on Othello, but, uh, they don't end well)
And, well, Jungle Fever.

Television shows (Leverage, The West Wing, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Happy Endings, etc.) seem to be a little more progressive about it than in movies. Although I think the white man dating a black woman happens more often on television too.

[(Anonymous)]

You are unfortunately right, that's a pretty double standard with a side case of trope here. There aren't much movies where this kind of relationship is just there, and doesn't end badly (like every Othello adaptation), or there isn't too much fuss made about it.

In Love Actually, Keira Knightley's story starts on her wedding with Chiwetel Ejiofor, so the marriage is not the endgame (althought the story's focus is of course on the groom's best friend).

In the Pelican Brief, there isn't a single, relatively sane reason why Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington didn't end up together (I think they did in the book), and still...