as it tries to make hating white women culturally cool

Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Karen’ is a truly toxic movie riddled with the same identity-based hate that it supposedly aims to expose. The fact it’s been made at all makes a mockery of the serious subject matter.

When people inquire about what I do for a living and I tell them I’m a film critic, they often ask, “What’s that like?” My pat answer is, “It’s better than digging ditches.”

Having suffered through the atrociously awful new BET original movie ‘Karen’, I realize that statement isn’t true, as I would’ve been better off spending that hour and a half digging a ditch in which to bury myself alive.

‘Karen’ tells the story of Malik and Imani, a young black couple who move into a mostly white suburb of Atlanta. The titular character is their white racist neighbor Karen Drexler, who’s like the creature from the white lagoon, as menacing music accompanies her every appearance on screen.

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Drexler is a Jewish name but can be German. In Atlanta's wealthy areas Drexler would likely be Jewish.