Watermelon Man

Rating:
Summary: Interesting..
Review: Very interesting take on life in the 60's (film relased in 1970). Of course before those times it was worse! Today some would say it's an exaggeration. A white man wakes up one morning and discovers he's turned into a black man overnight. Of course he is suddenly treated differently at home and work as he tries to scrubb off his color. He's accused of theft and refused admission to certain places. Keep in mind he'd been making some off-color jokes about blacks. Some parts are quite realistic. Who wouldn't wish they were white if they work up with dark skin and kinky hair the next morning, after being a white bigot the day before?. His wife didn't want to sleep with him after almost begging him for intimacy the day before. A co-worker wanted to see if the myth was true...then cried rape when she was rejected. Yes it happens. They are able to turn on you quickly when they've used your race for their purpose. Some parts are realisic and funny and it's not a bad comedy for a film made in that time...note, for a film made during it's time.