DontBeThatGuy
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nah, both fill flop.
Is the Magical Negro genre heading for a resurgance?
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Isn't that exactly what the second trailer is?
lightskintwin
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Sounds spot on to me.
Seems you're right.
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Colin Kaepernick
It's the ultimate version of this.
Yeah seriously I had to watch both versions again because I couldn't find her at all.
And when I finally did realize it was her I was floored.
In reality this has more to do with what roles are available for black people once they get older. It's already difficult for black actors to get roles outside of the occasional romantic comedy film with an all black cast or historical slave film, now you're throwing being older than 40 into the mix and the opportunities are no where unless your name has allowed you to "escape" being thought of as just a black actor (Will Smith, Denzel, Samuel L Jackson, etc...). Example, how often is Robert DiNero playing someone's grandfather now? Now think about how often there's a role in films where a black actors can play grandparents/parents with kids over 20+ to black actors. Once these actors are too old for the stereotypical roles of athlete, thug, and rapper, "magic negros" are what's left.
I don't know how much was taken from the actual book, but the guy grew up a cotton farming sharecroper family pretty much living in slavery in the mid 1940/50s. So dirt poor. If you've ever actually seen people in abject poverty especially in rural places they look like something out of history.
These were the kind of conditions many black people lived in down south at the time.
Much more offensive and problematic. The magical negro trope doesn't necessarily reinforce white supremacy like the white savior one does.
I think It contributes to the problem of certain white people being unable to believe an issue that affects non-whites exists, unless a white person champions it.
lightskintwin
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Exactly, I just think the magical negro trope is kinda hilarious.
The magical negro trope is pretty much the manic pixie girl trope. It's still fucked up because it sorta reinforces that black people aren't individuals with their own stories
lightskintwin
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I acknowledged it's problematic, but to me it's nowhere near the level of the white savior trope and it's prevalence in Hollywood movies. I hate that trope with a passion.
There was a movie with Don Cheadle and I think tea Leoni that can compete. It's not as well known though so it rarely gets brought to the table.
I'm not saying they're equally problematic but they both are problematic and overused
lightskintwin
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Damn. You right, and I agree.
teruterubozu
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Bruce Almighty = Magical Negro
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Jim Carrey stars in both prototype films.
xaosslug
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this looks like one of those Christian God's Not Dead movies. Also, the trailer spoils the movie! SMH
teruterubozu
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lol. of course there's a Key and Peele sketch.
lightskintwin
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Ok that was pretty funny.
BearFlexington
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Those trailers were . . . difficult. Glad to see Eddie back on the big screen though.
That was incredible
Murphy died when he had kids. Since then, it's just been a slow decay.
Just reminds me how damn depressing Life was watching it.
theignoramus
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Negro militancy is on the rise, so of course these kinds of films are gunna make a comeback. Ole "cant we all just get along, we just need more more love between us" horseshit with a layer of religiosity attached to it.
Very
He just sat there and watched
lightskintwin
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At least he got to play a great role in Dreamgirls where he was critically acclaimed, won a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Oscar.
I had hopes in his casting as Richard Pryor's father in Pryor's biopic, but it looks like that film is in development hell now.
He did good in that too, but Life was the last movie of his I felt was truly a film in his style.
Didn't know about the latter, but it sounds interesting.
Hyperactivity
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Perfect
theignoramus
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But Djimoun Hounsou's character is actually playing a modern day ex-cotton picking slave. Illiterate. Prone to wild, animal-like outbursts. Hes essentially King Kong and the White woman tames & civilises him with her soft, gentle touch.
His work immediatedly after his oscar nomination role was Norbit?
MHWilliams
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How is Eddie Murphy's ass looking like he hasn't aged in a decade? Still looking Pluto Nash up in here.
Also, let Eddie Murphy reach for that Oscar again. People love them Magical Negro films.
all those leather suits back in the day sealed in the freshness
bobbychalkers
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If I had the money to fund a movie, I'd pen a script where all the magical negroes turn on their caretakers/people they take care of. All at once, they awaken and start destroying everything around them. I'm talking straight up ki beams and flash stepping while leveling cities in their path after years of being docile. At the end of the movie the magical negroes link together and transport a single magical negro entity across dimensions after destroying nearly every major city. In the epilogue everybody learns that they didn't need the material things in life that the magical negroes destroyed and thank the trans-dimensional magical negro entity for giving them a life lesson. At the beginning of the credit sequence, the phrase "This Too Shall Pass" is shown while some heartwarming top 40 country song is playing.
So we've had Will Smith, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington (Heart Condition with Bob Hoskins) and now Eddie Murphy in the Magic Negro role. I wonder how Samuel L. Jackson escaped this trap?
Because Eddie is a G.
Lord Frieza
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Yeah, that's how I felt earlier, until the actual plot synopsis. Even then, depending on how much time is dedicated to her childhood versus her adult life, it might be more of a white savior movie really since Eddie in that film seems like he has an actual life and shit, unlike the usual bum or whatever the magical negro usually is.
Amazing 😂
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