Unfortunate representation of African Americans!
The alternative 1985, the dystopian, the “nightmare”.
What did the director think would fit this nightmare reality? A black family living in Marty’s house. That’s right, black folk have moved into their neighbourhood. One of those “there goes the neighbourhood” storylines.
But it gets worse.
The black father, dressed in a wife beater, attempts to smash in Marty’s head with a baseball bat. He’s so unhinged that he whacks his daughters personal belongings instead, smashing up the room. He’s presented as a gorilla on a rampage, so enraged that he can’t think straight. Violence, not dialogue, is his recourse.
I’m surprised this isn’t spoken of more. Such terrible representation. They used black people to paint a “dystopian” and that’s pretty sad.