Posted on 03/20/2024 2:07:53 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A satire film intended to send a provocative message about race relations bombed at the box office on its opening weekend.
Focus Features' "The American Society of Magical Negroes" took the 9th spot at the box office last weekend, grossing $1,304,270 while playing in 1,147 locations around the U.S.
The film centers around a young man who is recruited to be part of a "society" where Black people use their magical powers to make White people comfortable, so that they don't hurt Black people.
The movie's title plays off a trope of Black characters in films who are set up to help White characters in their pursuits, like Michael Clarke Duncan’s character in "The Green Mile," according to a review from the Los Angeles Times.
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We see the ferals “magic” everyday on the news.
Does that mean it is ok to produce and market a film calling black people names?
I’m saving my money for the new Wizard of Oz.
‘White people...are “the most dangerous animal on the planet,” ‘
What if they’re right?
“Black characters in films who are set up to help White”
I would like to see a movie where black people help themselves.
Was Calypso Louie in the film or “Rita X” from Detroit?
How does this movie “bomb” at the box office?
You want to know of a movie that bombed? Look at Meathead’s movie: $60,000
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29259251/
Key and Peele were much better with the Magical Negro thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInlO6-JTww
Still a meathead after all these years.
it might also lead to a preemptive butt-kicking
Even NPR panned this steaming pile.
It’s hilarious to me that blacks are propagating their own stereotypes and no one in their communities is calling it for what it is. Are there no honest black men or women out there willing to stand up and say, “Enough!”
How many more beatings and murders of white people will we see as more and more racial hatred is fomented? What is the objective of such evil and divisive propaganda other than to encourage violence against white people.
This kind of talk leads to genocide
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or a bloodbath.
When it comes to movies and such I’m just saving money period.
It might be true. But I'm not going to Chimp Out about it.
It’s a comedy, I think. People are free to say things and produce films we don’t like. Even if it were serious, people are free to think what they like.
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