Favorite black fictional character

MOUNTAINH33L said:
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Lamar Lattrelle. The very definition of a student athlete.
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Lamar was an interesting character for the time. The vast majority of time, when 1980s comedy flicks portrayed gay people, they did so in a negative, denigrating way. There was a lot of homophobia where certain characters would find themselves in a position where gay characters would pursue them against their will and they would need to escape the unwanted advances. Gay characters were often made the butt of cruel jokes that the writers were trying to pass off as acceptable jokes. And most of the time those were the only purposes the gay characters in those roles would serve. After the brief moment they served their purpose, they weren’t otherwise seen again, unless there was a reprisal of the gag.

Lamar was different, however. Sure, his character was portrayed in a way that was consistent with 1980s stereotypes of gay people, but Lamar was a guy we were meant to rooted for. Within his group of friends, who were the protagonists, he was not a pariah or someone who was simply there to be mocked. He was one of the gang. There was no suggestion that there was anything wrong with being his friend or respecting him. Those who looked down on him were the ones with the problem. I guess you could say it was sort of a groundbreaking role.
 
korgguy1971 said:
Same here. And that was back when HBO and the other movie channels played the same movie over and over at various times throughout the day, so I watched it repeatedly quite a bit!
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I was friends with a family that had a three story lake house practically next to where I lived. They had a son who lived there year-round who had no problem with me going to the always unlocked house and going up to the third floor to watch what seemed like a hundred different VHS movies they had on some fancy big screen tv that had a fold out mirror that then reflected back on to a big screen. Anyway, I watched Conan, and Highlander, and Cannonball Run, and so many movies over and over at that house. Listened to Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen records on their record player, played pool on their fancy pool table. That family was so good to me, and being in such a big house was like being in another world.
 
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