I have always loved Matthew Broderick’s movies. Ever since classics like Ferris Beuller’s Day Off and the poorly scored LadyHawke, I have always loved the charm and wit of this guy. But he hasnt been in anything really stellar lately. Well if this premise has much to do with the film, I dont know if he is going to break that streak.
Cinema Blend says:
So Matthew Broderick is about to play a cynical divorcee who dates a black woman, in the new character drama Wonderful World. African American actress Sophie Okonedo will play his interracial love interest in the film Production Weekly says is being written and directed by Darkman screenwriter Joshua Goldin.
It appears that they are bringing a fair bit of focus to the idea that she is black. Like that matters anymore? Back when it might have been culturally relevant, this might have sent shockwaves in the tabloids. Anyone remember the commotion stirred by Jungle Fever?
I see this being a movie that focuses on how different these two are. Maybe shes hardcore rapper type dating a straight no-rythm white guy. Oh wait, they already did that with Queen Latifa in Bringing Down the House. Or maybe they will stage it as “edgy” like when Jack Tripper had to pretend he was gay so he could share an apartment with two girls. Maybe they will start dating, but she will conveniently forget to mention to her father that her boyfriend is white. Like anyone cares!
Perhaps now that its acceptable to date “outside your colour” and movies like Brokeback Mountain are greeted with acclaim, its time to turn the tables and make our differences an issue again.
Next thing you know, there will be entire TV networks designated to entertain certain cultural groups, and fading reality shows will start to group people off by race in competitions with one another to get attention.
I can hear Louis Armstrong singing the Title track now.
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin’ hands, sayin’ “How do you do?”
They’re really saying “I love you”
