12/20/2014, 3:26 am
Black Or White (was to be released Jan 30, 2015)
Official Craptek Film Review: Rumors are circulating that certain leaders of racially oppressed minorities are threatening to bring Hollywood to its knees if the movie BLACK Or WHITE is released in theaters early next year. While no specific details are available at this time, the phrase “Hands Up, We Can't Breathe” is being whispered in the lunch rooms and hallways of numerous production studios. A brief synopsis of the movie's plot sheds light on the growing outrage.
This so called “story” centers on a rich white attorney, Elliot Anderson (Academy Award winner Kevin Costner) who is widowed when his detestable, drunken wife's car accidently explodes in the driveway of their fashionable estate. Between weekends spent screwing local tramps and overnight stays in the local police station drunk tank, Elliot has somehow managed to raise his perfectly adjusted bi-racial granddaughter Eloise. However, an unexpected event is about to disrupt their idyllic existence.
Elliot awakens after a particularly intense weekend of drinking and screwing to discover himself face down in the mud next to his idling BMW roadster. Rolling over on his back he finds Eloise's grandmother, Rowena, (the deserving, but never Academy Award winning Octavia Spencer) her face contorted with disgust and loathing, standing astride his rum soaked body.
Rowena releases a lengthy, obscenity laced tirade down upon the hapless Elliot the likes of which one seldom encounters in PG-13 movies. Beginning with a condemnation of Elliot's overall lifestyle and disgusting appearance, she proceeds to demean his pathetic white heritage, lack of sensitivity, and ape like facial features. Then, her shrill voice rising to an ear-splitting crescendo, she demands that Elliot turn over his granddaughter to her biological father Reggie, a murdering drug addict who is likely responsible for the “accidental” death Elliot's own daughter.
BLACK Or WHITE is a glossy portrayal of a family oriented white man caught up in a struggle clouded by black racial bitterness, blame and unbearable tension who learns to forgive blacks and provide for the only family he has left - his cute, well adjusted little mixed race granddaughter Eloise. (or so the writers would have us believe) We didn't, and still don't!
