Breaking the Hays Code's taboo on 'miscegenation' (interracial relationships) was one of Hollywood's slowest cultural shifts. While independent or foreign films had done it earlier, 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' (1967) was the first major Hollywood studio film to feature a positive depiction of an interracial romance between a Black man (Sidney Poitier) and a white woman (Katharine Houghton). Interestingly, the film was released just six months after the Supreme Court ruled in 'Loving v. Virginia' that laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Despite the landmark nature of the film, the studio was so nervous about the reaction in the South that the actual kiss between the leads is shown only briefly in the reflection of a taxi's rearview mirror, a creative choice made to lessen the 'shock' for 1960s audiences.