@robinhood For the longest time a childhood memory I'd recount of actually having my first African American friend, was that Mal could make part of his cheeks look legitimately *black* if he held his breath long enough and that was the coolest thing in the world.
THEN, about a decade or so back, I realized; what kinda kids have so little to do that "Mal can make part of his cheeks turn legitimately black" is the coolest thing in the world? (Answer; kids in pre-internet, pre-VHS rural Georgia.)