'Focus' Movie Unintentionally Brings U.S. Race Relations Into Focus
The Twittersphere and YouTube are ablaze over Will Smith’s new movie, Focus. In it, Will Smith plays Nicky Spurgeon, a con man who takes Jess, played by Australian actress Margot Robbie, under his wing to teach her the game. Focus is a caper film, a la Ocean’s Eleven, set in glamorous locales from New York to New Orleans. Normally, this sort of film would be a good time for all, but a spate of racist remarks on YouTube are spoiling the fun.
Apparently, a number of people are upset that Focus’ leading man, Will Smith, who is African-American, has a couple of love scenes with Margo Robbie, who is white. The comments range from relatively mild to downright hateful. One commenter, Denise Celt, wrote her thoughts.
“Race mixing is literally sick. Gene incompatibility creates a host of physical and mental problems. Jews love to promote sickness and evil.”
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