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Here's a list of tons of leftist movies.
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cw old timey slur kinda
trope maybe
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"magical negro"Correct.
Saying genre was quicker than specifying the trope that is deeply imbedded in the narrative structure of so many of these.
Also saying genre means other aspects can be counted too. Like the 'won't you pity this black person' while having no valuable content otherwise. Cheap slop with a racial element to it.
The blind side with Sandra bullock. Put that in there too
in the absence of a more informed strong opinion i'd call "negro" fossil terminology or something along those lines. Spike Lee popularized the term for the trope in 2001 in what is surely a deliberate use.