re: "American Society of Magical Negros" pulled after only 3 weeks

You know, the thing is, the base idea actually has some potential. You just have to go absurdist comedy with it like Key and Peele (probably works much better as a series of sketches than an actual feature length movie).

The Trope of the Magic Negro (wise, usually old, black character with a touch of whimsy to them) is hardly new. Hell, the trope really goes back farther than race even. There are elements of a wise magic outsider in countless tales, but I digress.

James Earl Jones in the Sandlot
The legend of Bagger Vance
Dick Calloran in the Shining
Michael Clark Duncan in the Green Mile.

The "Magic Negro" is not necessarily a bad plot element and has been masterfully used in storytelling by some. Great characters.



But this pile of shite...ugh. And to make it a Rom-Com?

You go serious or you go funny.

These people are garbage storytellers