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The film's promotional campaign was met with immediate skepticism and outright hostility. Its trailer, which arrived with the usual hype, was torn apart by viewers on YouTube—amassing nearly 140,000 dislikes compared to less than 10,000 likes. Commenters widely condemned the trailer, citing it as a tired reenactment of the "magical Negro" trope, an outdated and offensive stereotype portraying Black characters as wise, mystical helpers to white protagonists.