The one-joke satire about a racist movie trope falls completely flat. Our The American Society of Magical Negroes review:
Like any other form, satire is truly spectacular when it is solidly grounded in the world it is trying to critique. The challenge of a film likeis that the joke rarely goes beyond the single line premise for the movie, missing the opportunity to offer a biting analysis. Then again, that could also be a sign of the current times we live in, where a level of exhaustion has crept into debates that truly engage in political discourse.
A little reluctant at first, Aren does need a job. He’s paired off with Jason , a designer at a tech company called Meetbox. Meanwhile, after a meet-cute at a cafe, Aren is drawn to coworker Lizzy . But so is Jason. To make matters worse—after facing backlash over Meetbox’s facial recognition software failing to recognize Black people—Aren, Jason and Lizzy need to work together on a project to address the controversy.
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