Why is every film featuring black actors deemed a "black film"? You know the kind, the films Spike Lee makes: an African-American director and cast make a movie where the majority of the audience that attends the film is African-American. So itís deemed a "black movie." But is a movie featuring a Caucasian director and actors and termed a "white movie?" No. Every race can attend Mission: Impossible even though the only black character is Ving Rhames, but god forbid any Caucasians go to see Do the Right Thing when the only white character is Danny Aiello.

Every "black movie" is stereotyped into a film of violent gang warfare or a funny, but close-knit, family. Films featuring Asians are only thought of as violent kung fu fare. And letís not forget the effects of gender identity with the "women's film." These are movies featuring women boding together and becoming close through great adversity. Can't a white person enjoy a rousing viewing of Def Jamís How to Be a Player without worrying about not identifying with the "playas" in it? Can't a non-Asian watch the violent Five Fingers of Death without understanding the long history of Chinese martial arts behind it? And can't a very macho male enjoy the excellent The First Wives Club without becoming apprehensive over the fact that he can't apply any real life identification to go along with his "sistas"?

For instance, the new film Along Came a Spider stars Morgan Freeman in the lead role, and Monica Potter as the second lead. Freeman is an African-American male and Potter is a Caucasian female. What can this film be deemed? In adult pornography, any film featuring a black male and white female is considered "interracial." Seeing as how I believe everything should follow the lead of pornography, I nominate that this film, as well as others like it, should be called "interracial." This way, people of all races could come to the film and not feel any persecution about meeting any expectations of a movie they are "not supposed" to see. No longer will you hear from any racist stereotyper "Why are you going to see [x movie]? It's made for a black audience" but you will hear "Why are you going to see [x movie]? It's not very good." And the movie will be judged not by its artistic collaborators, but by its artistic value, either good or bad.

So let's stop calling any movie that doesnít feature Mel Gibson and a cast of white people a "black movie" or an "Asian movie" unless we also call the abovementioned scenario a "white movie." It's only fair I say. Now I know this commentary hasn't been particularly funny, but thatís due to my newfound interest in Shintoism where laughing in excess is frowned upon. Thanks for bearing with me. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go make some popcorn and cuddle up with a blanket to watch How Stella Got Her Groove Back.