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7 Day Meme: Characters of Color (Movies) #1
30 day memes are HARD. So, a 7 day meme it is.
Let's face it, even today, characters of color aren't all that well written in movies or on TV. They are either token characters or they are written so that it's hard to empathize with them, at least IMHO (see Sam's wife on NCIS:LA). So, I decided to celebrate those that I personally found well written and simply rockin' awesome!
Morpheus, Matrix
Morpheus definitely wasn't a token character. His part was just as important as Neo's, he wasn't a follower, his and Neo's storylines ran parallel to each other. Without Morpheus, there would have been no Neo and vice versa. It was Morpheus who made the humans fight, who forced them to face the machines, who was so determined to lead them out of slavery that he put everything else aside, his personal life and even his love for Niobe. He was just as much a savior of his people as Neo. And for this, I loved him!
Let's face it, even today, characters of color aren't all that well written in movies or on TV. They are either token characters or they are written so that it's hard to empathize with them, at least IMHO (see Sam's wife on NCIS:LA). So, I decided to celebrate those that I personally found well written and simply rockin' awesome!
Morpheus, Matrix
Morpheus definitely wasn't a token character. His part was just as important as Neo's, he wasn't a follower, his and Neo's storylines ran parallel to each other. Without Morpheus, there would have been no Neo and vice versa. It was Morpheus who made the humans fight, who forced them to face the machines, who was so determined to lead them out of slavery that he put everything else aside, his personal life and even his love for Niobe. He was just as much a savior of his people as Neo. And for this, I loved him!