tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post6918724026278528574..comments2009-11-20T17:29:47.403-05:00AverageBro.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294220544486539239AverageBro@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-76562510336507001992009-11-20T17:29:47.403-05:002009-11-20T17:29:47.403-05:00I have to respectfully disagree, at least in part, with the &quot;third leg&quot; concept. I haven&#39;t seen the movie, but I know what you&#39;re talking about. Thing is, there are gazillions of white characters in movies that could easily fit that description of &quot;useless to the plot.&quot; It&#39;s just that when the third leg characters are the only blacks in an otherwise white setting, people will notice their &quot;uselessness&quot; more.Marblesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-25678630150622885562009-11-20T10:36:55.455-05:002009-11-20T10:36:55.455-05:00Well considering that the UK is probably at least or probably even more racially inclusive as the US so saying its racist doesn&#39;t hold water. The real reason probably is the characters role in the movie is very minimal. Like i said in the original post If all black characters going to portray is a negative stereotypical comic relief leave them out please. I would rather be ignored than mocked.Wavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494094840246669072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-42220095187376569532009-11-20T10:13:30.225-05:002009-11-20T10:13:30.225-05:00A story I read on it was that it truly was marketing.<br /><br />That story, probably off of AP-Yahoo! said that they decided to not market the blacks because blacks don&#39;t tend to do well in movies overseas. Such as Will Smith has never opened up past seven in a box office line-up and clearly July 4th is Big Willie weekend here in America.<br /><br />Dat ish stinks to high heaven, they knew what they were doing. Racist? No. Just insensitive as hell and callous.the uppity Negrohttp://uppitynegronetwork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-20842729102129781182009-11-20T08:26:30.722-05:002009-11-20T08:26:30.722-05:00I had no interest in seeing the movie, so it doesn&#39;t bother me regardless. It&#39;s humorous on that level, however...ch555xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087125956106961402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-3898990382754832712009-11-20T00:44:52.109-05:002009-11-20T00:44:52.109-05:00What&#39;s sad is that the word &quot;racist&quot; gets tossed around so much I don&#39;t hardly know when to apply it any more. I guess I&#39;m more appalled that no one in the publicity department thought anyone would notice. <br /><br />I guess the UK is like - hey, we never claimed to be post-racial!OneChelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973077026088291338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-3039503338828021012009-11-20T00:43:00.155-05:002009-11-20T00:43:00.155-05:00It has a lot more to do with the characters being completely inconsequential to the story than it does them being stereotypical. They were proverbial &quot;3rd legs&quot;. They added nothing to movie, which came off as patronizing.<br /><br />So, that&#39;s why its not too shocking (and maybe not even racist IMHO) that they were excluded from the movie poster. Frankly, I&#39;m shocked they were on it in the first place.AverageBro.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294220544486539239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-86236289273847981882009-11-20T00:35:23.954-05:002009-11-20T00:35:23.954-05:00Going into this a bit deeper, is it so much &quot;diversity for the sake of diversity&quot; that bugs you as much as it&#39;s the lazy reliance on trite stereotypes? If these two black characters had felt like they were cut from some new cloth, would anything be wrong with the gratuitious diversity?<br /><br />If yes, why so?Marblesnoreply@blogger.com