Black male representation

One of the last films I saw with a black male lead was Waist Deep with Tyrese Gibson. Tyrese's character was a convited fellon recently released from prison trying to maintain a job. He had a son, with no mother and they lived in the ghetto. In the mansood reading about Lee's Get on the Bus, they mentioned how it failed at the box office because it was depicted as a documentary film and the black audience did not respond to it. Lee said a black audience would rather have more guns and violence with a hint of tragedy as entertainment. Waist deep definitely classifies as a modern gangster film, which almost doubled the earnings of Get on the Bus. Tyrese's character represents what hollywoood would consider "how a black man should act". He is potrayed as a threat to social order, as is the rest of the black neighborhood. Waist deep goes against Guerrero's statement that most black roles are put in white protective custody, but actually constitutes as a black film because of its african american cast and gangster plot.