Aw shit, he directed this?? In that case, I take back everything I said.Lewis Farakhan begs to differ.
I get it and I'm really not concerned that much over it. But is it a pure comedy or does it have a message. Seems like according to the director and actor that it does. I'm just not down for things that drive us further apart using a serious message disguised as satire..
Understood. But if I disagree with the message sent and it's not something positive then I'm not going to be a fan as some messages don't bring us together imo.Outside of like fart jokes and prop gags almost all comedy is a melding of jokes with a bigger message on society. In my opinion racial tensions are a real thing and white and black folks being able at times to laugh about in this context is more healthy then it’s harmful.
Lol. I saw a lot of comments hoping this was black Harry Potter. Would have been way more popular that's for sure.I am going to catch this tonight. I think they should have made a black Harry Potter movie instead.
/agree problem is lead aint no damn negroman the usual snowflake racists are coming fast and full front on this one.
"leftists racism"
Thats a new one. Like an anti-semetic-jew
LMAO!!!
But there's already a Harry Potter movie so why the hell would they make a "Black" one?Lol. I saw a lot of comments hoping this was black Harry Potter. Would have been way more popular that's for sure.
it only opened on 1k theaters compared to the typical 3-4k that most wide releases open onSociety of Magical Negroes’ title was meant to make people squirm, for their own good
Director Kobi Libii: "I find this sort of hand-wringing about it a little disingenuous, frankly."www.polygon.com
Director literally set out to attack white people. Good news is he can sleep easy on his giant pile of cash... oh
'The American Society Of Magical Negroes' Is A Financial Disaster, Barely Manages To Make $1 Million On Opening Weekend
The American Society of Magical Negroes is an unmitigated disaster for Focus Features, barely managing to make $1MM on opening weekend.boundingintocomics.com
do you read boundingintocomics.com often?Society of Magical Negroes’ title was meant to make people squirm, for their own good
Director Kobi Libii: "I find this sort of hand-wringing about it a little disingenuous, frankly."www.polygon.com
Director literally set out to attack white people. Good news is he can sleep easy on his giant pile of cash... oh
'The American Society Of Magical Negroes' Is A Financial Disaster, Barely Manages To Make $1 Million On Opening Weekend
The American Society of Magical Negroes is an unmitigated disaster for Focus Features, barely managing to make $1MM on opening weekend.boundingintocomics.com
Understood. But if I disagree with the message sent and it's not something positive then I'm not going to be a fan as some messages don't bring us together imo.
I found some of the examples of this trope to be very unconvincing. One of the most repeated examples was the Green Mile which I found really strange. I never once thought of him as a secondary character. The story wouldn't exist without him! There was nothing else interesting in the movie. It was about how special he is, how he got there, and what would happen to him.For years movies used the Magical Negro trope to make black characters secondary to the white leads. This movie is saying that was a bad thing to do. I'm not sure what there is to disagree with. It's sort of like Blazing Saddles have incredibly racist characters who were buffoons in order to make fun of racists and the way that Hollywood was protraying black characters at the time. Sure, there were racist characters but the joke was clearly on them.
That's hilarious. Complain about some "trope", and then use a character who is literally magical and whose powers are the cornerstone of the movie to make your point. If that's what they're talking about, there's a very small pool of characters that would fit that mold.I found some of the examples of this trope to be very unconvincing. One of the most repeated examples was the Green Mile which I found really strange. I never once thought of him as a secondary character. The story wouldn't exist without him! There was nothing else interesting in the movie. It was about how special he is, how he got there, and what would happen to him.
Have you watched it? I had wanted to, because I like ridiculous parodies.
Not that have high (or any) expectations.