This 1997 film spotlights black culture and acts as a homage to black joy. There is an exaggerated sense of blackness in this film. For example, Nisi and Mickey’s hair is extremely over the top as well as what they wear to go to Beverly Hills. In the Teen Vogue article, “A Deep Dive Into Black Culture and Camp,” the author talks the use of Nisi’s and Mickey’s extravagant hair, “At the time, black hair looked more like art, as opposed to functioning as a practical style.” This can be seen as Nice and Mickey’s way of “queering” the space they are in by being extra and rearticulating their place in an upper class society. 
As I was watching the film, I was thinking about the mythical norm of portraying a rich white male being the owner of a Beverly Hills mansion. This is not only a very stereotypical display of whiteness, but it also shows the clash of two worlds coming together: Nisi’s and Mr. B’s.
I was also thinking about who is behind the camera, which is something I wouldn’t have thought about before. Troy Beyer, the screen writer of this film, was behind the camer
a, destabilizing gender stereotypes in the high held position in the media industry. Robert Townsend, American director and actor, decentered the idea of whiteness at the end of the movie when Nisi and Mickey don’t accept the money from Mr. B. This humble act teaches the audience about the marginalized space that the girls were coming from, but ultimately, this idea was disrupted to create an ending that is representative of black joy. 
This movie also focused a lot on language subordination and what is proper versus what is not. When Nisi was getting ready to go into the mansion for the first time, she pulled out a book of etiquette, how to speak, how to act, etc. This demonstrates the concept of the personal as political because Nisi and Mickey are decentering the space just by being there and using their personal lives to unintentionally make a statement. Mickey completely queers the space of the mansion by remaining true to herself and not conforming to the Beverly Hills status quo. Overall, I enjoyed the movie, I thought it was super funny, and I realized how as I watch movies now I am thinking about more than just the plot. I am constantly questioning and analyzing, which opens my worldview to more things I didn’t know before.