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Will Smith | Why he never gets the [white] girl
One of the world's most popular dramatic, comedic, and action movie stars. One of the highest paid actors in film. His films earn over one billion dollars worldwide. He's won Grammy's, been nominated for Oscars. Yet David Walker's article asks: "SO, HOW COME WILL SMITH NEVER GETS THE GIRL?"
Walker wonders why Will Smith never "gets the girl" -- as in a romantic or sexual connection between the hero and the girl "as a means to propel the story, develop character or establish the heterosexuality of the protagonist." Will Smith has been known to get the girl in some of his action films, such as "Bad Boys II" (with Gabrielle Union) and "Enemy of the State" (with Lisa Bonet and Regina King) and "Hitch" (with Eva Mendes), but there's no real sexual chemistry with his female co-stars.
David Walker suggests the other possible reason is the role of racial politics surrounding Will Smith's inability to get the girl. As Walker explains: "In the films where Smith does have some sort of romantic/sexual relationship with a woman -- be it an action film or a comedy -- she is always played by a black or Hispanic actress. But Smith's characters have never had a relationship with the white women he has been cast opposite of. This signals a definite step backwards from the days of films like "Shaft" and "Slaughter," where black action heroes like Richard Roundtree and Jim Brown got white girls all the time."
More: Read full article: How Come Will Smith Never Gets the Girl? Despite being an A-List celebrity, Will Smith curiously lacks on-screen chemistry by David Walker | Photo credit: EW
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