Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

In Stanley Kramer's 1967 movie "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?", a whirlwind romance by an interracial couple forced their families to confront their attitudes about race. The male love interest, and lead was a young NEGRO played by Sydney Portier. Matters were only further complicated by the fact that this was no stereotypical NEGRO. Smart, accomplished, ARTICULATE, polite, and sophisticated.
Well here we are some 40+ years later, and guess who may be coming to dinner?
Yup, another smart, accomplished, ARTICULATE, polite, and sophisticated Negro, accept today they're called Black.
It seems America is in the midst of filming an updated version of that cinematic classic starring Barack Obama. This time around , however, the love interest is not a "white woman", it's THE WHITE HOUSE! And just like the parents in 1967, America is being forced to confront it's racial attitudes (the one's it supposedly doesn't have).
You think Tilly had a fit when Sydney Portier's character wanted to marry the sweet little white girl she had helped raise. Well Tilly honey, will likely piss in her panties when she sees who's knocking at the front door of the white house.
Guess who's coming to dinner now Tilly? "Hi, my name is Barack Obama."

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Comment by Julie G-L on January 19, 2009 at 3:59pm: no explanation is necessary for this. The title said it all and you got me to love it immediately!

Comment by Jeff Hughart on January 17, 2009 at 3:00am: Excellent!

Comment by Kersen Witkin on January 12, 2009 at 9:03pm: BEST OF 2008!!!

Comment by brooklynbird on January 10, 2009 at 9:17am: excellent, warm feelings emerge when I see this.

Comment by Cornac on January 8, 2009 at 3:37pm: Powerful, true, and direct; en un mot: Génial

Comment by Ashley Young on January 8, 2009 at 1:54pm: I have a copy of this painting hanging in my house. It's amazing

Comment by Barb Higgens on January 8, 2009 at 12:51am: Smart, great color, politically cool, thoughtful, passionate. Lets make TMNK The Minister of Art.