a i watch this film and it be interest to see how much it marginalize black men . the film spend it time show how powerless the most visible black man in it be ( save for an heroic moment ) . for much of the film and the other black men ( and dark skin black woman ) in the film be way in the background and barely visible . vanessa williams character be strong and sympathetic . the viewer can easily identify and sympathize with her . there be also some fairly visible and three dimensional support character who be light skin and and some white character of some warmth and dignity . but 99 % of the black male in this film be nothing but invisible men . voiceless shadow in the background and of no consequence . such a horrible flaw and but anything but unusual in the mainstream medium .