"Waiting to Exhale" by Forest Whitaker

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"The film Waiting to Exhale (1995), directed by Forrest Whitaker, tells of the problems faced by four black women as they try to have relationships with men who are not worthy of them. The four women are friends, and they are metaphorically presented as always being on the edge of life, holding their breath, and so waiting to exhale. The women are all beautiful and have no problem finding males, but those males treat them more as commodities than as human beings. In some degree, these women have been accomplices in their own degradation, carrying on relationships with married men and other men they know are not going to be committed to them for any length of time. As shown in the film, women are second-class citizens in part because they have allowed themselves to be so regarded, and they will not change this situation until they take control of their lives and.."

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