Black Men and Their Big...

So, I’m looking in the paper and I come across a small item in the gossip column that is talking about how the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which rates movies, refused to certify the poster for a new film called Pride. Pride stars Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac and is about an underdog Philly swim team.

Well, according to the story, the poster wasn’t certified by the MPAA because the MPAA were “prudish about showing the [Black] actors in their Speedos." In fact, the MPAA even accused the movie studio of digitally enhancing the size of one actor’s you-know-what. So, now I’m definitely going to have to see this film! The actor in question is the son of Diana Ross, Evan Ross.

The movie studio had to give the MPAA the original film in order to prove that the image of his undercarriage was legit!! The MPAA reversed their decision on certifying the poster. I guess this was an example of a stereotype being for real.