Kevin Costner and Whitney Kissing..
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Trixie27 — 12 years ago(February 21, 2014 08:22 AM)
If you grew up in a black area, I'm sure those negative reactions was mostly from black men who hated the idea of a beautiful black woman like Whitney kissing an older, average-looking white guy like Kevin Costner. He is definitely not ugly but he isn't Brad Pitt! I'm black and I know many black men who STILL get very angry when they see or hear about a black woman dating or marrying a man that isn't black. Some examples are Paula Patton and Robin Thicke; Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez; and Janet Jackson and her billionaire BF. I think it's hilarious given the propensity for a lot of BM to date or marry women of other races. But the double standard exists in full force even in 2014.
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one189teen50five — 12 years ago(March 17, 2014 04:03 PM)
I'd take and kiss Kevin over Brad Pitt any day of the week. I'm white and my mother loved this movie so much we saw it four times and more after it came on VHS and shown on tv. There is nothing wrong with this relationship in this movie. It's just people being racial.
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Trixie27 — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 12:44 PM)
To each his own. But I've heard black men say it bothered them. Of course, nothing is wrong with the relationship portrayed in the movie. They were deeply and passionately in love. But, in reality, it's still a problem for a lot of people. I say, who cares?
Ironically, Brad Pitt dated Robin Givens in the early 90s. So he definitely had a thing for at least one black woman lol -
Geekery — 11 years ago(June 06, 2014 08:39 PM)
The last time I checked Paula Patton and Halle Berry were biracial. Nothing irks me more than when a person takes someone who is half-black and claims that they're entirely black. As someone biracial and bi-cultural, that gets right under my skin.
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Trixie27 — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 12:41 PM)
Nobody is claiming they're blackthey do! Nothing irks ME more than people who want to tell someone what their own race is when they've already identified themselves a certain race. Kim Kardashian is a perfect example. She is constantly being called white but she has expressed on numerous occasions she is Armenian. They are NOT white!
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farynhite — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 03:15 PM)
I just watched The Bodyguard for the first time in 20 years (age 7 or 8 at the time). 20 years ago it was one of my favorites. I probably saw it at least 20 times back in the day. Usually a movie stays with me forever if the soundtrack is also top-notch so if you liked it or not, it's a definite classic. I did not see it in theaters nor did I watch it with racists so I was never aware this movie was controversial aside from subject matter in the film itself (fame, violence, pride, envy, humility). It sucks that there could be any reaction to two people kissing based on the color of their skin. This is an important issue because today Hollywood doesn't make serious mainstream interracial movies. After desegregation, sure, there were a lot of movies finally able to examine the rights of human beings like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner or Giantbut that was also during the time of censorship and ridiculous modesty in film so those movies could talk about the issues and compel open-minded viewers to think about the content, but didn't actually demonstrate them in a literal, visual manner which sadly seems to rub a$$holes the wrong way to this day. Wasn't the 'remake' of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner a comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Zoe Saldana? The original wasn't a comedy. Hmmm. I hope we all stop sucking eventually.
-Farynhite
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