Michael Ezra said, on September 24, 2008 at 12:10 am
Wait, wasn’t the Morgan Freeman-lookalike “Magical Negro” your first African-American character?
Seriously, though, I can picture Franklin from Peanuts asking the same question. Especially by the time when, as the classic Chris Rock SNL monologue pointed out, Franklin hadn’t had a single line in twenty-five years.
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Wait, wasn’t the Morgan Freeman-lookalike “Magical Negro” your first African-American character?
Seriously, though, I can picture Franklin from Peanuts asking the same question. Especially by the time when, as the classic Chris Rock SNL monologue pointed out, Franklin hadn’t had a single line in twenty-five years.
My second paragraph should’ve read, “asking the same question as Charlie and Toni.” (I.e. not my Morgan Freeman question.)
At least you admit it.
You don’t need minority characters. MLG is the Everyman.
*rationalizations courtesy too many bowls of Cocoa Puffs*
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I showed this to my black roommate and she totally identified with Toni!
How do you do it?