Kia Waterson (Kelly Rowland) plays a stereotypical Black girl in Freddy vs. Jason with ONE major exception: she survives until the end. Hence me showing her just a little bit of love.
Everything about Kia’s characterization is typical: she’s the sassy Black best friend of the lead character, who is White, of course. Kia is obsessed with her nose; for some reason that is never expounded upon, she wants to get a nose job.
Kia does more than her fair share in terms of heavy lifting, including distracting Freddy from the protagonist. This loyalty ultimately costs Kia her life; while she’s shading Freddy, comparing him to Jason, Jason comes up behind her and kills her. But at least Kia made it to the end; she’s the last human to die. We don’t get many opportunities where this happens.
