race/ethnicity in cinema

“About Last Night" Storyline

Adaption based on the stage play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" by David Mamet

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

1984 cast- Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Perkins, James Belushi.

2014 cast- Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant, Michael Ealy

About Last Night 1986

First Scene
Are there gender issues at play in this opening scene?