I think the approach directors took when creating Blaxploitation films and 80/90s gangsta films only differs visually. The narrative structures are still very similar and the character roles are merely seasoned to appeal to the particular cultural appetite at either time. I cannot say what motivated the intent of either genre, be it constructively comedic or overtly insensitive and "flat". Exaggerating cultural myths, mystifying the "Ghetto" and romanticizing "black" life for commercial gain are some similarities between the genres. Perhaps the only difference, albeit contested and arguably invalid, are the directors "good" intentions. It might be argued that the films of the 90's were geared to a more self-aware audience, where the images on screen were not so far from reality that some type of sociopolitical action could be evoked. In some cases the Gangsta film depictions exposed many trappings of urban communities. While seemingly constructive, these Gangsta images were also mass produced to be consumed at face value, effectively implicating Black Americans wholly as a "negative" group. Perhaps every commercial Black movie is a "Blaxploitation" film. The only thing that has changed is the "lived space" between the audience and the screen.