The magical negro character can work in movies

All movies employ some stereotypes and cliches. It's how well they employ them that makes the movies good or not. Like a lot of movies end with gunfights but the gunfight at the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is still a lot fun. And like I said the magical negro can work. Look at Scatman Crothers in the Shining. That was a magical negro stock character but he still did a great job and it fit well into the story. Or look at Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost. That was a terrific performance and she got an oscar for it which she totally deserved. But Will Smith as Bagger. Just....no good. Cheesy goofy. Antiquated. I know Will Smith is good at doing the whole cocky Will Smith /Fresh Prince of Bel Air thing. But when he tries to do something else. Like something more dramatic like Ali, Seven Pounds or this. The end result is pretty horrific. And he might have ruined that stock character for people