I'll admit it -- I'm one of the millions of women nationwide anxiously waiting to be disappointed/frustrated/angered/sartorially delighted by the new "Sex and the City" movie. In the meantime, Helena Andrews at The Root (spoiler alert) has a great piece on the hackneyed "best black friend" character played by Jennifer Hudson of "Dreamgirls" fame. Yes, "Louise" is Carrie's sassy young assistant, and yes, as a black woman she is portrayed, as Andrews writes, less as a full human being than as a "perfect pocket life coach."
On the upside, at least the SATC directors and producers chose a real-life African American to play the part of a black woman. Because in the new indie film "Stuck," Mena Suvari (yes, the blond cheerleader chick from "American Beauty") plays this lady. You know, because cornrows can make anybody black.
--Dana Goldstein
