"Mina and Demetrius's interracial relationship is presented as an organic affair that does not eschew from erotic feelings apropos of their budding desire - Washington is in one of his most demonstratively sensual moments during the arousing phone-talk scenes, or its debit side, like Demetrius's initial interest in Mina is to piss off his old flame and he is reasonably tentative to take the romance seriously, it is all credited to Mina's go-getter spirit that the pair might have a future together. Also cultural assimilation is portrayed here as something knottier than sustaining one's roots and background, one must venture out of their own community to find a deep, universal connection among their countryfolk."
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