Isn't Twelve O'Clock High the Pacific theater?

No. Eurpoean theater, dealing with the US Army Air Corps and their bombing campaign against Germany. Lots o' Flying Fortresses.

Not really a feature film, and only involving the bombers stationed at Tinian for military action, but for anyone wanting to see a fascinating look at the end of WWII/Pacific, I can recommend Hiroshima, a Showtime movie from 1995 with Kenneth Walsh as Truman. It was co-directed by a Brit and a Japanese director and shares the story equally between both sides. Koji Takahashi is amazing as General Anami. Oh, and there's a great scene with Saul Rubinek as Leo Szilard trying to get Jimmy Byrnes to convey to Truman the objections many physicists had to the nuclear bomb.

Not Pacific, but def. flying "Catch-22."

Black stars don’t mean Hollywood is color-blind. It's a bit frustrating that the point would even need to be made. I mean, the article can only come up with two and a half actors. And Tyler Perry completely doesn't belong in an article on colour-blindness. As far as I can tell, Star Trek is about the only high profile colour blind thing he's done.

I didn't realize that was Tyler Perry. Huh.

I'm not sure I see the logic of grouping Tyler Perry in with Will Smith and Denzel Washington on any basis - he's not a movie star, or even primarily known for acting. I think of him as a writer/director/producer. (If you hadn't mentioned Star Trek I doubt I could have pointed to any acting role he's had that wasn't in one of his own movies.)

He stands out because he's a consistent moneymaker, but he really doesn't have anything in common other with Washington and Smith other than his colour and his industry. The writer can't even discuss them together. It's very clumsy to start off the article with them as a triad. And smacks of token inclusion.

He's such a black entertainment staple. It makes no sense.

I'd think Danny Glover or perhaps Morgan Freeman would be a better choice to round out that trio. Or are they disqualified because they're older? (Certainly Glover has headlined some successful action movies in his day–I sure didn't see Predator 2 because Gary Busey was in it...)

I don't know if Danny Glover is bringing home the bacon.

I just finished watching The Code with Morgan Freeman, which makes the second recent direct-to-DVD Freeman movie I've watched in as many months. He's a big name, but he's really indiscriminate. And his last big role was racially specific, so maybe...I dunno. He put Tyler fucking Perry in the damned article.

Saw Fish Tank last night. It's deeply bleak, but a really nuanced portrait of a girl trying to figure out sexuality in a truly fucked-up environment. I saw it in a theater, but I think it is available on pay-per-view right now. It does co-star Michael Fassbender, who is not only a good actor, he is sex on a stick.