What seems unfortunate to me, though, is that this stuff goes on in bright, shiny, upscale homes in families of all races, too. Why is it that screen writers and producers don’t make films about middle/upper class, educated families where this same thing is happening AS FREQUENTLY as it is in the ghetto? How do you think a movie like this would be received if the content were the same but the setting and characters changed to white upscale surburbia?
I have not seen
Precious. A part of me wants to see it; another part of me is scared that it will stir up painful emotions that will overwhelm me.
To answer your question: I think that if the setting were changed to middle-/ upper-class suburbia, more (if not most) viewers would dismiss it as pure fiction.