TR's Fuller as Magical Negro

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TR's Fuller as Magical Negro

I do not intend to offend with this topic but Fuller does strike me as a  
trope.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro
The magical negro is typically but not always "in some way outwardly or
inwardly disabled, either by discrimination, disability or social  
constraint," often a janitor or prisoner.

He usually has some sort of magical power, "rather vaguely defined but
not the sort of thing one typically encounters."

He is patient and wise, often dispensing various words of wisdom, and  
is "closer to the earth."


http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro

Uncle Remus from Song of the South epitomizes this trope, a key reason why  
the movie isn't seen much today.
Even the horrors of Jim Crow can't dampen his determination to be a  
cheerful mentor to white children

Of course I have to note Scatman Crothers in "The Shining"

Stephen King admits to doing this a bunch (also "Green Mile")

While I don't really care for the magical negro trope my favorite
is the "holy fool" ala Forrest Gump and Ralph Wiggum.
also Terrence Hill from "Superfuzz" and "My Name is Nobody" (from Ulysses  
story)

Super Fuzz (1980) trailer (so bad it's good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvYJtpXkM4&feature=youtube_gdata_player




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