Which race was Samson supposed to be? I’m sorry I maybe missed it ^^
no need to be sorry :) i cant really say he is from a specific race so maybe is more a case of colorism(?) my issue with samson characterization is that they wanted a gullible character with a "disgusting habit" for comedic relief, fine. but they could've made him look like literally everybody else in the movie (with the exception of the tooth gap), instead they went out of their way to emphasize his "darker" skin tone (the actor skin tone isn't that much different than the rest of the cast but you can clearly see the way they made it appear darker in some of the promo pics while the rest of the cast is whitewashed) also they gave him kinky hair (which is also not the actor's natural hair) with attributes that are usually considered "ugly": exaggerated widow's peak and sideburns.
these features add absolutely nothing and are not relevant to the plot, which means they were added to the character purely bc it made the character "funnier"
watched this bc i read the comments saying it was a really fun movie but all of u failed to point out how racist the characterization of samson was, so yeah i guess its fun if u guys dont care about that :/
these features add absolutely nothing and are not relevant to the plot, which means they were added to the character purely bc it made the character "funnier"