Comments on: “Magical Negroes” and “un”reality http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Polimom Says » Up is down, left is right http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61556 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:11:03 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61556 [...] Media Matters has an item up about Rush the Mighty Limbaugh (doo, doo doo doo), in which he criticizes (at length) Ehrenstein’s “Magic Negro” piece in the LA Times. (My earlier post on that op-ed here)… and I find myself in at least partial agreement with el Limbaugh. [...] […] Media Matters has an item up about Rush the Mighty Limbaugh (doo, doo doo doo), in which he criticizes (at length) Ehrenstein’s “Magic Negro” piece in the LA Times. (My earlier post on that op-ed here)… and I find myself in at least partial agreement with el Limbaugh. […]

]]> by: Obama Media » Like a comic-book superhero http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61244 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:54:52 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61244 [...] The Obama the ‘Magic Negro’ LA Times piece by David Ehrenstein has created quite a bit of buzz– so much so that a couple of friends forwarded it to me. I’ve avoided the “how Black is he” meme and don’t want to wade too deep into it now. From Ehrenstein’s article: Obama’s fame right now has little to do with his political record or what he’s written in his two (count ‘em) books, or even what he’s actually said in those stem-winders. It’s the way he’s said it that counts the most. It’s his manner, which, as presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden ham-fistedly reminded us, is “articulate.” His tone is always genial, his voice warm and unthreatening, and he hasn’t called his opponents names (despite being baited by the media). [...] […] The Obama the ‘Magic Negro’ LA Times piece by David Ehrenstein has created quite a bit of buzz– so much so that a couple of friends forwarded it to me. I’ve avoided the “how Black is he” meme and don’t want to wade too deep into it now. From Ehrenstein’s article: Obama’s fame right now has little to do with his political record or what he’s written in his two (count ‘em) books, or even what he’s actually said in those stem-winders. It’s the way he’s said it that counts the most. It’s his manner, which, as presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden ham-fistedly reminded us, is “articulate.” His tone is always genial, his voice warm and unthreatening, and he hasn’t called his opponents names (despite being baited by the media). […]

]]> by: Jack http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61220 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:53:17 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61220 My problem with the Wiki article came when I got to the examples. I was willing to go along with it until then. In movies especially, I don't think it is so much that the characters are black and made subservient to a white protagonist, as much as it is that a story is written, and several of the main characters are white. Then either the author or editor, or someone who reviews it along the way brings up that there needs to be some diversity in the characters, so they make one of the secondary people black. My problem with the Wiki article came when I got to the examples. I was willing to go along with it until then. In movies especially, I don’t think it is so much that the characters are black and made subservient to a white protagonist, as much as it is that a story is written, and several of the main characters are white. Then either the author or editor, or someone who reviews it along the way brings up that there needs to be some diversity in the characters, so they make one of the secondary people black.

]]> by: Easter Lemming http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61211 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:35:07 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61211 David Ehrenstein is strange and is venturing beyond his usual field, the history of gays in Hollywood. This reads more like his usual writings: a film or literary review or an interview where he asks questions based on his unique philosophical view of art history. David and the Magic Negro, bah, piffle! David Ehrenstein is strange and is venturing beyond his usual field, the history of gays in Hollywood. This reads more like his usual writings: a film or literary review or an interview where he asks questions based on his unique philosophical view of art history.

David and the Magic Negro, bah, piffle!

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61209 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:32:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61209 This is just... <em>wierd</em>. Can nobody find something relevant, like his stand on an issue (<em>any issue... just pick one</em>) to write about? ~EdT. This is just… wierd. Can nobody find something relevant, like his stand on an issue (any issue… just pick one) to write about?

~EdT.

]]> by: “Magical Negroes” and “un”reality | The Moderate Voice http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61207 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:01:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/19/magical-negroes-and-unreality/#comment-61207 [...] More here at Polimom Says. [...] […] More here at Polimom Says. […]

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