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It’s got the awkward guy from D&D being…awkward. Alright, play to your strengths.
Snark aside, this looks entertainingly tongue in cheek.
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I was expecting satire or a joke or something not a trailer for an actual full blown movie. This looks amazing though.
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when I think Magical Negroes, I think Stephen King. e/ and not in a good way.
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Key and Peele did a sketch on that general concept a while back:
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This reminds me of the excellent book Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, which is a similar meta-commentary on the stereotypes of Asian Americans.
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I thought he did a great job playing not-Drizzt-Do’Urden
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Exactly who first sprung to my mind.
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Is the girl/love interest a Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
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thats exactly my problem with the suggested premise in the trailer. kinda hope its misleading. e/ misleading as in hopefully ironic/sarcastic and not seriously a MPDG, because thats the vibe I get.
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Thanks for the tip. I´ve read this comic book a long ago and liked it. It touches the same issues.
[American Born Chinese (graphic novel) - Wikipedia]
It was adapted by Disney+ last year, but I wasn´t brave enough to check it out…
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From the trailer she definitely seems to be more of a “prize” to be won or a prop to move the plot forward than full fledged individual with their own agency but maybe that’s part of the satire?
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I really do hope so.
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Crikey, I assumed that was satire.
I’m probably wrong. I usually am, deservedly.
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Maybe she will turn out to be a renegade member of The American Society of Manic Pixie Dream Girls whose mission is to make white men confortable.
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Stock Characters, the movie. Only in discount bins, next summer.
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The trailer already makes this movie look incredibly clever. It wouldn’t be too wild to think it’s clever enough to set up exactly that sequel and I love the idea. Close the trilogy out with the American Society of Non-threatening Gay Best Friends?
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Tagline: We’re not here to save the world. We’re just here to help you with your stupid, white-ass problems.
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The NPR reviewer didn’t talk too much about the love interest or whether she’s a M.P.D.G., but she wasn’t impressed with the film:
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jah, after reading this review, guess thats a pass for me.
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