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.

Not 4 me

Ok watch, some parts of the movie felt prolonged and unnecessary. The ending was spectacular along with the protagonists self-growth throughout the movie was inspiring.

It was extremely mid, I stopped paying attention when the main character was doing his monologue at the end and thought the love interest plot was dumb.