A Comparison Of Brown Sugar And Just Wright

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Love is a tool that can be used to several things. Love shows the functionality of family and friends. Love is a big part of the black communities. Love is compared to the relationship between black communities. The true love is all about being black at first. The Dalmatian brothers show how being black is all that matters at first. Brown Sugar also suggests that the black community has a deeper love for one another and their blackness. In the two films, Brown Sugar and Just Wright the relationships do not have a connection to hip-hop or respect and the relationships demonstrate that there is love between black people and other people and their culture but outside sources do not appreciate the mixing of the cultures.
One of the key statements is that there is no large connection between relationships and hip-hop and respect. In the film Just Wright, this is evident when Leslie Wright a physical therapist and a huge basketball fan falls in love with Common, a basketball player (Ebert, 2016). There is no connection between the two even though Leslie is tired of being just a friend. This continues for a while until Leslie is tired of just being a friend. Funny enough, Common instead take her sister on a date and ends up proposing to her. Common shows …show more content…

This is true because in Just Wright, Scott and Morgan reunite after a disagreement. This happened when Scott returned to Morgan after recovering (Drake, 2016). This show the love they had for one another. The black people love their culture so much. Scott refused to break the customs. This is where he refused to spend a romantic time with Leslie but instead unites with Morgan again. According to Brown Sugar, this is contrary (dounou, 2013). This is because Sidney leaves Dre and starts having a relationship with Kelby. On the other hand, this situation is exposed. This shows that they want to preserve the culture by exposing the bad

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