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...

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.

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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.