The Black Friend

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It's common knowledge that every time a black character shows up in a movie where he is not the lead character, it's suspicious and probably racist.

Danny was Pat's best friend. There was no stereotypical use. You obviously are trying to create something political where it doesn't need to exist. The movie simply gave Pat a friend to add to the comedy part of the movie. It doesn't matter the race of his friend. Chris Tucker was fantastic in this role and was very funny with his medical issues. He was involved on more than just dance advice.

He was in the scene at Baltimore where Pat and Danny were involved in the group session?

He was in the scene in the car leaving Baltimore with Pat and Dolores at the beginning of the movie.

He was watching the Eagles game at Pat Sr.'s house before the cops showed up.

He only showed up at Tiffany's because Pat was not at home and his father or mother gave Danny the address.

He did not enter the contest, but there to watch his friend compete.

Danny was also at the house enjoying a visit with Pat and family at the end of the movie.

EDIT* If this movie contained biased opinions related to climate change, abortion, or attempts to make one political party look bad I could agree with your comment. But I think Chris Tucker plays the role perfectly in this movie and it has nothing to do with the dance advice.

I actually thought the film was full of sexism more than any other kind of -ism, but no one ever seems to bitch about sexism.

I think that Tucker's role depicted him as a man with a mental disorder who was also kind, helpful and agreeable. If anything, the film took a black character OUT of its typical Hollywood stereotype in doing this. And really, what's wrong with black people liking dancing? Many of them do! It's a big part of their culture. Why pretend like it's not by keeping black actors out of roles that are believeable?

He got much better treatment in the movie then he did in the book. In the book Pat literally refers to him as "my black friend." He's a rapper who lost his ability to rap after some injury that also put him in the mental facility with Pat. The only time we see him after Pat leaves is when Pat wanders into the bad part of town, gets mugged and beaten and magically finds himself at his black friend's front yard. At least in the movie, he connects with Pat every chance he gets (by escaping).