I thought they had their sweet moments, definitely, but she basically didn't get to do anything besides sit around going, "Oh no psychic moment oh no!" And he just went, "Dear, what now!" Everybody else in the bus had something to do. I thought that was really lame.
And I think the guy who put a name to the phenomenon is American, yes, I don't think that means that a black supporting character with supernatural powers who's subordinated to a white protagonist and doesn't get to do anything on their own doesn't fall into the same "racism with good intentions" tradition as Magical Negros.
The moral of this story is that institutionalized racism sucks, and I will be glad to see Stephen Moffatt next season.
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:17 am (UTC)And I think the guy who put a name to the phenomenon is American, yes, I don't think that means that a black supporting character with supernatural powers who's subordinated to a white protagonist and doesn't get to do anything on their own doesn't fall into the same "racism with good intentions" tradition as Magical Negros.
The moral of this story is that institutionalized racism sucks, and I will be glad to see Stephen Moffatt next season.