USA Today draws fire, backs off ‘race-themed’ headline on box-office story. “Critics Need To Stop Being Shocked That Black Films Do Well” written by BEEJOLI SHAH Universal’s The Best Man Holiday made headlines this past weekend, opening this weekend to decent reviews, an extremely rare A+ rating on CinemaScore, and excellent box office numbers: $30.6 million, a close second to Marvel’s Thor: Dark World, which earned $35.8 million in its second weekend. But films featuring predominantly black casts have been performing well for years, so why the hell are reporters still so shocked when a “black film” succeeds at the box … Continue reading This Needs to Stop: Critics Surprised by Best Man Holiday Success