Clintonite Word of the Day: Magic/Magician/Magical

[alcibiades_mystery]

Variation on played-out "cult" theme #651.

Watch it blossom!

[countingbluecars]

1. I've noticed that today. eom

[LowerManhattanite]

2. When I started hearing that silly meme today I immediately thought of this...

The stock, and easily laughed-off “Magical Negro” characters often seen in TV and film. They're seen as a patronizing JOKE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro">Here:

“The magical negro (sometimes called the mystical negro, magic negro, or our Magical African-American Friend) is a supporting, often mystical stock character in fiction who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the white protagonist get out of trouble. The word negro, now considered by many as archaic and offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racist throwback, an update of the "Sambo" and "savage other" stereotypes.Spike Lee popularized the term, deriding the archetype of the "super-duper magical negro" n 2001 while discussing films with students at Washington State University and at Yale University.”

[damntexdem]

3. I guess arranging a deal with the Devil didn't work, then.

Sorry, HRC, the GOP already has that one all sewed up.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. ayup