Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn and newcomer Evan Ross are set to star in ‘Greta,’ a film about a young interracial romance.
Movieweb gives us this:
Duff will play the title role of a waitress who falls for an ambitious cook (Ross) at the restaurant where they work. But as their summer romance heats up, she has to overcome the concerns of her grandparents (Burstyn, Murphy) about her boyfriend’s criminal past.
Being biracial myself, I always welcome movies about interracial relationships, but I’m actually really tired of seeing films ABOUT the STRUGGLES of being in an interracial relationship. Being half white and half black, I have dealt with different things, but since I’ve always been and will always be in interracial relationships, I can honestly tell you that majority of people don’t get offended by seeing two people together from different cultures or backgrounds anymore. In fact where I’m from, it’s actually rare to see two people of the same race together nowadays. (We’re not living in the fifties anymore!)
That’s probably why I like the show ‘Heroes’ so much. They actually have characters in interracial relationships and they don’t deal with the struggles of being in one. They’re just right for each other, and that’s all. Although racism still exists, (it will never go away) it’s not a factor that affects my life everyday. I would really like movies to actually do what Heroes does, instead of constantly writing the stereotypical “good wholesome white girl falling for a black guy from the streets” film. What are your thoughts?
