Chris Rock will star in a new film about a white man's amusing attempts to make an African-American friend, reports Variety.
The movie is based on a GQ magazine article, "Will You Be My Black Friend?" in which writer Devin Freidman - a white man in his mid-30's - chronicled how he tried to befriend a black man by placing an ad on Craig's List.
"Admitting that you count your black friends is a violation of the Unracist White Person Magna Carta," wrote Freidman. "It was possible at the time, we could have a black president and still not have a very mixed country." "But really, I couldn't handle walking around knowing that I have the same number of black friends as George W. Bush."
Published in GQ's November 2008 issue, the article is an eye-opening, if somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at race relations. Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey's (who is also considered to be a pseudo-white friend to many in her audience) production company, partnered with movie studio Lionsgate to buy the rights to the story and make it a star vehicle for Rock. Is Rock planning to play the white dude?
