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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved how in the end it was a black woman that "saved" her.  [/quote]

I was cringing at this trope.  The Magical African American Friend.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro[/quote]

I think it’s pretty clear the writers were aware of the trope and avoided it. [/quote]

I don't think they avoided it at all. I think they had Jolene say "I am definitely not a magical negro friend!" to try to obviate the tropes but it didn't work.

I still loved the show. It got weaker as it went on, for sure - like, no one in the whole show had a life outside of paying attention to Beth and trying to help her, and/or worship her - but we couldn't hit "play next episode" fast enough all the same.

And those CLOTHES.[/quote]

But Jolene didn’t exist just to save her. She is her own ambitions and was working toward them. It’s also meant the stakes were higher for Beth in Russia. Coming on the heels of how she had never paid the janitor back, it was giving her not just a personal reason to win.[/quote]

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