Mr. Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3bzXXKtrs
Same Kind of Different as Me
https://youtu.be/MAooQSO_pSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3bzXXKtrs
Same Kind of Different as Me
https://youtu.be/MAooQSO_pSs
Is the Magical Negro genre heading for a resurgance?
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Killer Queen
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I read the title as "magical negro gene" and thought 'yep, this must be a Slayven thread'
Bagger Vance vs Blindside would be epic
This man is mentally ill and homeless but he going to fix these folks' marriage? lol
Hahaha nope
cashing this check
Frozenprince
Banned
I mean Morgan Freeman is still alive. Pretty sure he's got that shit trademarked.
You're mixing up super hero genres
exmachina64
Banned
Republicans still don't understand how The Blind Side is racist.
timetokill
Banned
Did Morgan Freeman take a break or something?
Frozenprince
Banned
Fucked up thing is the movie even goes like "Man, are we racist? I feel like what we're doing is pretty racist? Nah we gave that giant negro a bed I'm sure we fine"
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Yeah because I think he regrets ever taking a part in it.
BronsonLee
Member
BAGGER VANCE 2
HERE WE GO
HERE WE GO
Frozenprince
Banned
Will Smith is too busy doing really bad African accents to go back to it tho
Hahahaha
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
The divorce rate in America would be under 10% if every southern family in turmoil could just find a mysterious negro to bring into their lives.
The Mr. Church trailer is saccharine with a heavy glazing of the Magical Negro. You shake your head and move on. But that Same Kind of Different as Me trailer was actually offensive. The way the trailer is cut makes it seem like they need to humanize him. You compare that with the way Thomas Haden Church's homeless character gets portrayed in the trailers for Cardboard Boxer and you can see Hollywood is still on that old bullshit.
It's tough out there for Black actors. I can't even hate on them too much for taking the roles. Probably thinking they're signing up for the next The Blindside or some shit. But come on...
The Mr. Church trailer is saccharine with a heavy glazing of the Magical Negro. You shake your head and move on. But that Same Kind of Different as Me trailer was actually offensive. The way the trailer is cut makes it seem like they need to humanize him. You compare that with the way Thomas Haden Church's homeless character gets portrayed in the trailers for Cardboard Boxer and you can see Hollywood is still on that old bullshit.
It's tough out there for Black actors. I can't even hate on them too much for taking the roles. Probably thinking they're signing up for the next The Blindside or some shit. But come on...
Frozenprince
Banned
Man Eddie Murphy finally goes back to do a damn drama and it's this shit.
I think Life was one hell of a fluke
Hyperactivity
Banned
At first I didn't understand what the hell this title was supposed to mean
But holy shit, yeah, this is an actual thing if I think about it
But holy shit, yeah, this is an actual thing if I think about it
Frozenprince
Banned
Angelus Errare
Banned
Watching those trailers back to back was painful as fuck.
BronsonLee
Member
TELL DA TROOF
I loved that movie when I saw it but that shit boooombed
The full plot for Mr.Church is on Wikipedia, it's worse than you could imagine
Callibretto
Member
I kinda want to watch Mr Church, but the trailer seems to show pretty much the whole movie...
Lord Frieza
Member
Am I being blind in not really seeing it in the Mr. Church trailer? I mean, if anything, it seems like it's the other way around. It's like Mr. Church is the upscale one with apparently the ability and means to completely take care of himself, and a struggling family at one point, who is then given light in his life by an unwed and kind of flaky seeming pregnant white girl.
The other one, though...damn.
The other one, though...damn.
Frozenprince
Banned
Best part is they got Mr. Eko in the god damn movie playing an American and his American accent sounds more African than Will Smith.
entremet
Member
This movie will be lost forever.The original:
Mr. Church is definitely the magical negro trope. He comes in and helps the white family like a good negro.
Same Kind Of Different me is the white savior trope which white people seem to love.
Lord Frieza
Member
In the first half of the trailer, he does, but after that it seems to be the reverse since the girl seems to be helping him by being there. Or, at least, that's the impression I get from that trailer. I don't know what the full plot is.
Spoiler
She goes to college which he paid for, then gets pregnant and becomes homeless. He lets her live with him, then she goes through his shit and he gets mad. She learns he is something beyond cooking, then he dies. Then she gets rich telling the story
Frozenprince
Banned
LOL YOU SERIOUS WITH THAT LAST PART?
"Man this black guy I met sure did do a lot of shit for me while I was an ungrateful bitch, so now that he dead I'm gonna use him to make myself rich."
Fucking heinous.
She does that too? LOL.
Frozenprince
Banned
"Two years later a pregnant Charlie shows up on Mr. Church's doorstep and asks to live with him. He accepts as long as she keeps out of his business. Charlie notices how Mr. Church comes home drunk and has matches from a place called Jelly's. A drunk Mr. Church finds her snooping, they argue, and he tries to throw her out for breaking his rules. She leaves and runs into her old friend Larsen (Christian Madsen) at the park depressed. A kid on a bike hits Charlie and runs over her stomach causing her to bleed. Larson, who is banned from operating a vehicle due to a previous accident, nevertheless drives her to the hospital just in time. Charlie gives birth to a baby girl named Izzy (Mckenna Grace). Mr. Church comes to the hospital and takes Charlie back with him, and she and Izzy live with Mr. Church. Charlie gets a job as a waitress.
Five years later, Mr. Church becomes sick. Charlie takes him to the doctor, but Mr. Church dies of an enlarged heart. Charlie finds Owen again, and they get back together. Charlie meets the owner of Jelly's and finds out that Mr. Church played the piano there. The film ends with Charlie writing the story of her life with Mr. Church and calls it Cook."
Five years later, Mr. Church becomes sick. Charlie takes him to the doctor, but Mr. Church dies of an enlarged heart. Charlie finds Owen again, and they get back together. Charlie meets the owner of Jelly's and finds out that Mr. Church played the piano there. The film ends with Charlie writing the story of her life with Mr. Church and calls it Cook."
That's fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked up.
TangerineCloud
Banned
God damn. That's so bad, I almost wanna believe it's some meta-commentary on the nature of the magical negro trope. Doubt it's that self-aware though.
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