


–Darnell Hunt īorn in Cameroon and then emigrating to the United States at the age of five, I’ve grown up confused about my African-American identity.

culture, one dependent upon an institutionalized complex of prototypical signifiers: the African’s dark skin his coarse and curly hair her earthy and unrestrained culture his brute physicality. Current airings on BET have this entire scene erased.Blackness has always played a fundamental role in U.S.The song that plays during the montage of Will and the Princeton representative getting along is "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille.In the end, Phillip tells him that he is proud of Carlton just being himself and he doesn't have to follow in his footsteps but grounds Carlton over the lies and death threat.Ĭast Will Smith as Will Smith James Avery as Philip Banks Janet Hubert as Vivian Banks Alfonso Ribeiro as Carlton Banks Karyn Parsons as Hilary Banks Tatyana Ali as Ashley Banks Joseph Marcell as Geoffrey Butler Trivia Depressed, Carlton gets a visit from Tom Jones, his guardian angel, who shows Carlton that without him, the family wouldn't know the meaning of success and would only be focused on happiness as they were defenseless against Will. Phillip finds out what Carlton did after he lied and said he got into Princeton on a full scholarship. Carlton, upset that Will got accepting and Phillip being proud of him, tries to act like Will but gets rejected instead, ending with him threatening the representative. Will at first has a rough time in his interview but after solving a Rubik's Cube to the amazement of the representative, he makes a good impression just by being himself. Tom Jones plays Carlton's guardian angel when Carlton's hopes of getting into Princeton are dashed by Will.Ī representative from Princeton University begins interviewing students.
