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  • “Even though Jar Jar was performed by a black actor who says he had free rein to create the character…”

    Yeah.

    “In “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988) the sympathetic cartoon characters–”Toons,” they’re called, and they inhabit Toontown–were clearly treated as a racial group separate from the human race. But while the movie did not seem in any way an endorsement of racism, Boyd says he was struck by how much “Toon” sounded like “Coon,” a derogatory term used against African Americans.”

    Ok, now the LA times is just trying to fill space.

    ”And actor Ahmed Best, who was the voice for Jar Jar, vehemently denies racist claims against the character.

    “Not only do I think that has no validity, I think it’s really stupid for anyone to put their own prejudices and their own homophobia on a complete fantasy movie,” Best says.”

    Well said.