The American Society of Magical Negroes is one of those movies that would have been released straight to DVD and instantly delegated to the "2 for $5 DVD" bin about 10 years ago, IF anyone would have actually had the gall to make this movie at that time. The American Society of Magical Negroes attempts to be a satire of the Magical Negro trope itself, except it goes overkill by creating a world in which actual magical Negroes exist and help save White people from themselves for the betterment of Black people, essentially justifying the existence of the Magical Negro trope within the movie's own universe.
To be honest, it is not funny to suspend your disbelief and think that a world exists where actual real magical Negroes save White people from causing harm to non-magical Negroes... there is no way to tell this story in a humorous way. Someone actually thinks this is a comedy? I feel bad for David Allen Grier having this thing on his resume, not to mention it was pulled from theaters after 3 weeks. Using the Magical Negro trope to attempt to tell a rom-com story about two biracial individuals... it ends up being an excessive amount of pandering to an un-engaged audience.
Like most people who watch a movie that is absolutely unbelievable, I have questions that easily poke holes into the plot. What are the technical requirements to become a magical Negro? The main character is biracial, so his invitation to become a magical Negro means that the American Society of Magical Negroes accepts mixed people. I hoped to see a white Negro (i.e. Albino) in the organization so that the American Society of Magical Negroes would be inclusive with a big checkmark for diversity, but unfortunately the members of the American Society of Magical Negroes seemed to only be classified by their skin color. This led to other questions about the entire premise of the movie... if the Magical Negroes help White people, what about white Negroes? Do they not get helped? Watching this movie left me confused about my own reality... its that bad!
Will there be a "The American Society of Magical Negroes Part 2" in the near future? Or a reboot with an origin story for the magical Negroes in 10-20 years? I definitely think not. NEXT!
To be honest, it is not funny to suspend your disbelief and think that a world exists where actual real magical Negroes save White people from causing harm to non-magical Negroes... there is no way to tell this story in a humorous way. Someone actually thinks this is a comedy? I feel bad for David Allen Grier having this thing on his resume, not to mention it was pulled from theaters after 3 weeks. Using the Magical Negro trope to attempt to tell a rom-com story about two biracial individuals... it ends up being an excessive amount of pandering to an un-engaged audience.
Like most people who watch a movie that is absolutely unbelievable, I have questions that easily poke holes into the plot. What are the technical requirements to become a magical Negro? The main character is biracial, so his invitation to become a magical Negro means that the American Society of Magical Negroes accepts mixed people. I hoped to see a white Negro (i.e. Albino) in the organization so that the American Society of Magical Negroes would be inclusive with a big checkmark for diversity, but unfortunately the members of the American Society of Magical Negroes seemed to only be classified by their skin color. This led to other questions about the entire premise of the movie... if the Magical Negroes help White people, what about white Negroes? Do they not get helped? Watching this movie left me confused about my own reality... its that bad!
Will there be a "The American Society of Magical Negroes Part 2" in the near future? Or a reboot with an origin story for the magical Negroes in 10-20 years? I definitely think not. NEXT!