Dexter -- Seasn Seven

[maskedavenger]

You can't have a black character on any show without someone claiming a stereotype:

Its the funny black man stereotype.

Its the token black best friend stereotype.

Its the token bad ass black man stereotype.

Etc.

You can't make a point about the reoccurring theme of stereotyping black males with out someone assessing what or what isn't stereotypical from their foreign point of view.

[tjarvis]

You can't make a point about the reoccurring theme of stereotyping black males with out someone assessing what or what isn't stereotypical from their foreign point of view.

Well if you're going to use that argument, then there is no room for debate since you're flatly denying the other perspective any credibility.

And in a lighter moment, I always liked to imagine Doakes doing a yoga session:

Namaste Motherf****!

[Spike-X]

Which part of the chicken is Doakes' favourite?

"The thighs, mother****er!"

[Monty_Cristo]

Doakes is the typical angry black man stereotype where he says "motherfucker" spontaneously and white males giggle and laugh at his ridiculousness...par for the course. I am glad he is not longer apart of the cast.

his race was never an issue. and there was nothing typical about Doakes. he was the ahab of those first few seasons.

[Ood Omega]

What a mess at the end of season seven, can't wait to see how they sort that out. Deb probably has one of the better story arcs for supporting cast characters (though-out the series).

his race was never an issue. and there was nothing typical about Doakes. he was the ahab of those first few seasons.

I thought he was a great foil for Dexter in the first two seasons.

[Christopher Cross Is God]

I don't really think race plays that much into it. Perpetually angry characters are a stock character type in any ethnicity. Look at J. Jonah Jameson, the dude is perpetually pissed and grouchy, but it's played for laughs. Doakes falls into the same trope.

I actually miss the character, not just for humor, but because he was the smartest cop by far in that whole station (Quinn is such a waste of space). He's the only one who actually figured out there was something wrong with Dexter.

....*sigh, mother****er.
Doakes was the best part of the show. It wasn't only white guys that thought that too. He was also seemingly the only competent detective in Miami.

Anderson was competent, as well. Perhaps moreso than Doakes, but he didn't have enough exposure to show whether that was the case or not.

[RedHood087]

It appears that Dexter will be returning June 30th instead of in the fall as it usually does.

[Moriarty]

i'm afraid if they rush into another season, possibly the last, that it won't be so good.

[Spike-X]

Awesome!




!!

[Chiasm]

his race was never an issue. and there was nothing typical about Doakes. he was the ahab of those first few seasons.

Plus the angry black man stereotype pretty much demands that the black man be dumber than a box of rocks and one who gets in trouble because he let his temper get the better of him. Doakes instead was very smart and the only one to figure out Dexter.

[Spike-X]

To be fair, he did get in quite a bit of trouble because he let his temper get the better of him.

[Monty_Cristo]

To be fair, he did get in quite a bit of trouble because he let his temper get the better of him.

Dexter attacked him. and i'd say that his frustration was justified. he's surrounded by idiots; him being the only guy that picks up on Dexter's creepiness.

[Ood Omega]

Dexter definitely antagonized the fight first with words then a head butt. I don't think the reason Doakes picked up on Dexter's real self was solely because of his great detective skills (certainly they had something to do with it though). I think it was mentioned in season two Doakes had a history with special ops and was an Army Ranger I think it was. To me it was his military history as a trained killer than made him recognize Dexter for what he is. A shared circumstance of being a killer, Doakes obviously being a RL hero opposed to Dexter as the protagonist serial killer.