We rewatched a classic Black rom-com with romance queen Jasmine Guillory (thebestjasmine). Here's her honest critique:
The final pivotal moments of Prince Akeem and Lisa’s romance actually unfold in two scenes, not one. First, there’s the grand gesture on the subway. After Akeem’s father reveals his son’s identity and tells Lisa that the Prince is only in America for a good time, not a long time, she flees to her getaway car — the New York City transit system. Prince Akeem follows her underground and officially declares his love in the presence of some overly-invested commuters.
In the film's romantic conclusion, however, Lisa has a change of heart. Just as Prince Akeem has resigned himself to going back to Zamunda to marry the poor girl his parents have chosen to be his wife, Lisa surprises Akeem — and the rest of us — by unveiling herself as the woman under the veil on his wedding day. They share a kiss in front of the entire kingdom, get married, and ride off into the sunset to rule as Prince and Princess, and husband and wife.
]. But the difference here is that this was spontaneous as opposed to him planning this whole thing. Akeemto say all of this in front of these people. He wasn't doing it in public because of the publicness in order to get Lisa to say “yes,” he was doing it in public because that's the only place he could find her. I also really appreciated that after all was said and done, even with the strangers chiming in, Lisa was like,"Yeah, no, I can't do it" and left.
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