A Nightmare on Elm Street The Rewatchables
A Nightmare on Elm Street

Van Lathan Award for Did This Movie Need More Black People?

Rod as a black character

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  • There is a poster of black people in Glenn's room, perhaps the Commodores or the Whispers.
  • The movie goes up a notch if Rod is black: he sneaks over because no one can see him with Tina, given illicit racial undertones.
  • The town not believing him, framed for the death of the white girl, and Nancy's dad deciding he is guilty would play differently.
  • Canonically there was a black family in Springwood, because Kincaid in Dream Warriors is one of the Elm Street children, prompting jokes that Kincaid is Rod's kid or little brother.
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