Review | ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’: A bloodless satire that’s too eager to please
StarSolidStarSolidStarOutlineStarOutline(2 stars) “The American Society of Magical Negroes” starts with a promising premise: that the stock literary/cinematic character of a mystical, sometimes supernatural Black person who dispenses homespun wisdom in service of a White character’s story arc isn’t just a lazy, racist trope, but part of an underground network of …