I love Smile 1, itβs quiet understated energy as a result of being created before the writers hit their stride is intoxicating, but I also think itβs racist in ways that Hollywood still couldnβt really help four years ago. The disposable black [boy]friend. That weird gag about the fat black receptionist flirting with Roseβ ex. The storyβs endearing but the tropes at play are weird!

















