By Ladyglen
Someone recently asked me what did I think of the movie Shadowboxer directed by Lee Daniels. I couldn’t give them a really detailed answer other than I didn’t like it. I had ordered the movie from Amazon because I recalled seeing an interview with Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding, Jr. talking about the movie and it sounded like a movie I would like to see, especially being a huge fan of Helen Mirren.
But, something about the movie’s interracial relationships and disrespect for women just didn’t sit well with me. I also took issue with the lingering shots of Cuba’s tight muscular buttocks and the white actor (whose name I don’t recall) penis. Then I realized the film was directed by Lee Daniels and that explained (to me at least) the film’s apparent fascination with interracial relationships, degradation of black women and the male anatomy.
For some reason, Lee Daniels movies brings flashbacks of the worst “exploitation” movie (black and white) of all time...MANDINGO!
OUCH!!!
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