Ok, you know what, this was so good it made me see the movie.
And now I have a frackin' essay to write, because Ray? is Hancock's magical Negro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro). God I love this movie, skating on the edge of so much bad race politics and then neatly subverting them.
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Date: 10/14/08 06:00 am (UTC)And now I have a frackin' essay to write, because Ray? is Hancock's magical Negro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro). God I love this movie, skating on the edge of so much bad race politics and then neatly subverting them.
Thanks for making me see it...