I guess you could say that about any movie, but a movie about teenagers can go south quickly if they aren't relatable, feel like your standard high school stereotypes, or if you get inexperienced actors
cast out of a mall casting call.
Just as a young man hanging
out at the
mall performs black masculinity through his look, walk and speech, artists like Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu and Yinka Shonibare are
cast in the role
of «black contemporary artist» — a role they pilot with dexterity and finesse.