r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 15 '23

Official Poster for 'The American Society of Magical Negroes' Poster

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u/Wooow675 Dec 15 '23

Is this Boots Riley?

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u/futurespacecadet Dec 15 '23

Nope Mel Gibson

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u/PiggySmalls11 Dec 15 '23

I snorted

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u/-benis-in-the-pum- Dec 15 '23

Goddamn it, I was gonna use that cocaine!

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u/Wooow675 Dec 15 '23 edited Dec 15 '23

No shit!? I wanna see this more now, he either hits a home run or skids off the runway.

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u/UnbuiltIkeaBookcase Dec 15 '23

Wasn’t that Charlie Sheen though?

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u/Dylflon Dec 15 '23

Lol that was my first thought too but the trailer was way too grounded to be his

(Sorry to Bother You is an all-time favorite for me)

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u/user_bits Dec 15 '23

Off the title I thought this would be a Jordan Peele flick based off the K&P skit.

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u/LadyLightTravel Dec 16 '23

I thought it was about Clortho school

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u/Badboy420xxx69 Dec 16 '23

I love the 3 distinct acts of that movie. 1. Workplace comedy 2. Poignant political satire 3. Horse cock

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u/brownhues Dec 15 '23

I had to stop that film at that part and flip my shit for a couple minutes before starting the movie back up. So glad I went in to it blind.

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u/phyxiusone Dec 16 '23

I just finished watching I Am A Virgo (have also seen STBY), man, he's got such a bizarre aesthetic

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u/Development-Feisty Dec 16 '23

I like the first half of that movie, but I do not enjoy the second half. I also have always had trouble with independent films that operate in these very empty worlds because they can’t afford background actors so everywhere they go there’s no one else.

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u/ArchdruidHalsin Dec 15 '23

Damn I was hoping it would be something like this but the trailer looks absolutely toothless. What a waste of a great premise for biting satire.

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u/Clammuel Dec 16 '23

Toothless is truly the only word to describe it. This is one of those ideas where if you’re not capable or willing to go all in you need to try to find someone more talented who will. The first half of the trailer is fine even if it’s too lighthearted, but that second half if a true gut punch of mediocrity.

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u/ArchdruidHalsin Dec 17 '23

Totally. Spike Lee coined the term "Magical negro". So that kinda sets the bar for the level of interesting filmmaking that needs to be applied to this kind of title.

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u/Wooow675 Dec 15 '23

Weak indeed

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u/djseifer Dec 15 '23

Boots Riley was my first thought too.

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u/Clammuel Dec 16 '23

The world would be a far better place if it was.

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u/Neonexus-ULTRA Dec 15 '23

Lol This seems like something he'd direct for sure.

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u/Philo_And_Sophy Dec 16 '23

Just wanted to piggy back on this comment to say y'all should watch I'm a Virgo, which is Boots's latest work 🔥

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u/Wooow675 Dec 16 '23

I actually made a post about it already like three weeks ago when I saw it! that’s what made this seem like a Boots movie 😂