Okay so when I first saw the trailer for American Society of Magical Negroes, and saw the title, I was concerned that the premise might not be executed correctly. But I had hope, hope that I would be properly, white person uncomfortable. And not actually, wow this is really bad uncomfortable. Now I would also like to recognize before I go into my review that my voice is not the most important one here and should a reviewer with a more personal stake in this have an opposite opinion, that is the one that you should listen to. This is simply a review from my very limited point of view.
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Overall the movie is really a 2/10. The acting makes it watchable but dear lord the fact that it did the exact thing that it was trying to satirize is comically terrible. I really wish they had taken the time to actually flesh out the black characters, that would have solved its biggest issue. But the fact that the status quo doesn’t change by the end of the film and they just continue business as usual is a bit unforgivable. The theme of the movie is really, black people exist to make white people comfy and that’s never going to change.
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