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A screenshot from the Queen's Gambit where Jolene smiles with her face in her hands laying next to Beth Harmon who is intensely studying a book

(Hopefully) Waving Goodbye to the Trope of the Magical Negro

By Brea Shanice • January 3rd, 2024

Years have passed and Beth has grown into an adult with her own full-blown addiction and untreated trauma. So naturally in the middle of her descent, her best Magical Negro friend comes back to cushion her fall.

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