This February, Midnight Social Distortion will be celebrating Black History Month by honoring Black horror characters, in particular Black horror survivors, throughout the twenty-eight day period. Each day will feature one black male and one black female survivor in horror and sci-fi to bring light to the positive, albeit still problematic, black champions of representation in horror. Some disclaimers first: obvious spoilers ahead, and not all horror survivors will be featured this go round, but will appear in later posts down the line.
Danny Rich (Ice Cube)
Character Arc:
Going to the Amazon to film a documentary on the lost Shirishamas tribe seem like an arduous task at best, but Danny Rich was on deck to leave L.A. and make history with his trusty crew. Then Serone entered the picture and fucked all that up by putting Danny and friends in the path of a lethal big ass anaconda that picked the crew off one by one, seemingly always missing the main son-of-bitch searching for it. After several near death moments with the first snake, Danny remained bonafide badass throughout the entire ordeal and actually dispatched the final snake, making sure that he and his remaining crew made it out area before more anacondas came to the party. But trust… Danny talked big shit the entire time.
Fun Trivia
The two minority leads (Danny and Terri) survived the ordeal with one white guy, a complete reversal from most horror films.
Final Thoughts
Danny was out of his element but he persevered in more ways than one. He could’ve been the stereotypical black guy dispatched in the middle of the movie, but instead Danny came out on top and also saved the day without sacrificing himself in the process. In the end it was indeed a good day for Danny Rich.
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