melvin make a lot of good point in this movie and and it become painfully obvious that in cinema and racism have fester over time . lately and the casting and representation of black in film have improve greatly . however and the tone of the film be too bitter . i could easily mope around and lament about how upset it make me that the white actor be always portray a a wealthy landowner or action hero and and cite just a many example a he do . after i saw this film and all i could muster be a yeah and and . i guess my point be that van peebles be try to muster up sympathy for black cinema actor while point the finger at the mostly white movie studio and cast executive of that time and and and take from his example and i could make a film which muster up sympathy for the white actor that be portray a extremely racist or prejudiced landowner or business people or action star or in any other bad light just a easily .