daINKtellectual writes

Why don't we see more marriages in black films? (Aside from the hysterical Jumping the Broom of course) This is a random thought that just occurred while finishing one of my favorite movies, Love & Basketball There was a big gap in the story-line for me. Okay, we see Monica and Quincy getting back together after he utters "Double or Nothing" after triumphing over her in one on one. Prior to this, he was engaged to a flight attendant. This wedding was being planned, they prepared to join as one as clearly shown when he went to his childhood room to retrieve items as Monica painfully watched "the other woman" try to take away pieces of  who Quincy was into their new life together. (May I add to the SOULFUL crooning of Holding Back the Years by Angie Stone! LOVE this soundtrack, have it in the car!) *ahem* Then, we see the intro of the LA Sparks with the back of her jersey saying "Wright-McCall". It is clear as day that they are married, b...

As you can see from the title, this is about to be an EXTREMELY deep post, so get ready! Let's start by discussing Sanaa Lathan . She's an extremely diverse actress in my eyes. She can portray a character who everyone LOVES (Brown Sugar, Love & Basketball), as well as everyone hates (A Family That Preys). That in my eyes is a flexible and awesome actress, off topic but anyway, you get the point. So, in Brown Sugar, Sanaa Lathan plays the PERFECT black woman. Great career, driven, ambitious, beautiful, all a man could ever want in a woman! Yet, she's alone. About to move back to her native town of NYC to be editor of XXL Magazine. She has been in love with her "best friend" Dre (Diggs) for fucking EVER, but admitted she was too scared to attempt anything for sake of her career. Dre describes his fiancee (which Lathan's character painfully witnessed the propasal) as "Brown Sugar". Everything his fiancee seemingly appeared was everything Sidne...