The American Society of Magical Negroes

Felt derogative to all races

I’m not sure why everyone hates on this film so much. I thought it was a really good watch. It is chock full of social commentary. I had to stop and pause it every fifteen minutes or so to explain some of the nuance in the dialogue to the non-black people I was watching it with.

As an idea, this had major potential. The fever dream feeling for the first 30 mins went hard, so much so that i genuinely thought I was dreaming. The messages and jokes took me out, though, in a bad way. It had some sense in how the 'American Society' works, but it felt way too unrealistic. I guess it hit how race works in most scenarios, but it focused on race entirely, which isn't really the case. I hope I'm making more sense than this movie. The acting was stiff. The dialogue had some potential. All in all, it's the opposite of an escape, but it gives an inside to black/white stereotypes.

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The American Society of Magical Negroes isn’t satire—it’s racist toward white people. It paints them as fragile or dangerous, calls them “the most dangerous animal,” and never shows nuance. Not funny, not smart—just divisive. 1/10.

The movie was TRASH!

I think this movie was marketed wrong and gave people the wrong impression that it's a straight up fantasy film, it's kore a romcom with some social commentary fantasy thrown in. it's not perfect but it's interesting and still worth the watch, loved the last scene!