Movies where white people "rescue" black people. Annoy anyone else?

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly off topic but The Green Mile where John Candy excuses whites for his impending execution because he's "tired." What f-ckery. That some people actually accepted that motive/characterization as plausible.

John Candy wasn't even in The Green Mile. John Candy died in 1994. The Green Mile came out in 1999.

Thanks, I wondered about that. It's been a while since I watched The Green Mile, but I had not idea what PP was referring to. I looked it up and the quote about being tired was (obviously) by John Coffey/Michael Duncan. Sorry, PP, I bought the whole movie as "plausible", apart from the fantastical elements. His character has been criticized as a magical Negro, but he came across as a whole character to me, not existing solely to educate or assist the white man.

Well Green Mile was a Stephen King creation. Lord knows white liberals are the biggest racists on the planet.

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Anonymous wrote:I see a difference, at least somewhat, with the new Reese movie in that its really not about the black experience in America. Its about refugees in a post-conflict migration. Yes, being from S. Sudan and being black does inform the narrative, but its hard to conflate this entirely with narratives like The Help and The Blindside. I would venture to say their stories, their 'saving' is more in line with Cambodians in the early 80s than black Americans.

But I come from a place of studying/interest in post-conflict states which are often in developing nations in the last 30 years- its part of my job at a local university- so maybe that colors how I see this example.

HUH??
The point is not about what country it is from, it is about stories that are supposedly about "black" people, but told from the perspective of the "white" person or the "white" person, who in real life may have had a minor role, is elevated to a fictional major role.

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Anonymous wrote:As an aside, I do find it very, very funny that John Coffey (character) was confused with John Candy were confused. That's gotta count for some post-racial progress...

Two actors whom I miss! And I think the only time ever that they would be confused for one another.