George Lucas’s black guilt campaign failed over the weekend, as Red Tails‘ “foolish Africans” were no match for Kate Beckinsale’s hot ass fighting werewolves (or is it vampires?) in Underworld: Awakening. Underworld and Red Tails went one and two, while Marky Mark once again stopped 9/11, with Contraband beating out Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for the three spot (“HOW YOU LIKE THOSE WAHLBURGAHS, LOOZAH! GO PATS!”). Meanwhile, poor Gina Carano and Haywire opened lower than even Tom Hanks’ 9/11 film. It’s okay, baby, you still explode my tower, if you know what I mean. (I am so, so very sorry for that). 
Red Tails rated 33% among critics, but received an A grade from audiences (via cinemascore), almost the inverse of Haywire‘s 82% among critics and D+ on cinemascore. Audiences apparently were so happy to see black war heroes that they ignored lines like “Die, you foolish African,” and “I guess there’s more to you coloreds than I thought!”, while critics failed to recognize that a movie that isn’t bad isn’t the same thing as one that’s good. Red Tails did an incredible job convincing black people that it was their duty to see a crappy movie because it had black people in it, while MMA fans tried to do the same with Haywire.
I’m not a black dude, so I can’t really speak to the Red Tails guilt campaign, but I’m pretty sure there were black movies before this, and there will be plenty after it, whether or not we give George Lucas our money for his uncredited remake of The Tuskeegee Airmen. But as a die-hard MMA fan, I can tell you that if I was in the habit of seeing movies just because MMA stars were in them, there are plenty of Hector Echavarria movies I could rent.
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