Is Morgan Freeman as God in Bruce/Evan Almighty an extension of the Magical Negro, a twist on it, and/or something else?
I suppose it could be argued that this is an extension of Magical Negro, but only if you view the movie in an extremely limited way.
Consider that most representations of the Christian God and Jesus are represented by blue-eyed, pale skinned white people. Also consider that the story of Jesus takes place in an area where he could not have been a blue-eyed white person.
As a POC and a Christian, I sat through Bruce Almighty just damn glad to see something besides the Blue-Eyed Savior. For that reason, I really don't think it qualifies as "Magical Negro" at all.
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Thu, Oct. 29th, 2009 06:15 pm (UTC)I suppose it could be argued that this is an extension of Magical Negro, but only if you view the movie in an extremely limited way.
Consider that most representations of the Christian God and Jesus are represented by blue-eyed, pale skinned white people. Also consider that the story of Jesus takes place in an area where he could not have been a blue-eyed white person.
As a POC and a Christian, I sat through Bruce Almighty just damn glad to see something besides the Blue-Eyed Savior. For that reason, I really don't think it qualifies as "Magical Negro" at all.