Working thesis: The Shining is about white grievance and entitlement. Not only is the only Black character a literal “magical Negro,” his sole function is to sacrifice himself for white boyhood and innocence. Out of all of the characters he’s the most brutalized mentally and 1/
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I’ve only seen the film so far and not read the book - your analysis here sheds light on a moment in the film that stuck out a LOT, where two white male characters use the n word to refer to the head chef.
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It only happens once. And seems like the chef is even less included in the film than in the book. So the conversation between the white guys about him ends up seeming like a bizarre nonsequitur of overt racism. I wondered if it was a hamfisted effort to demonize the white men.
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