The Ground Rules Explained
Man Hudlin is so ahead of the curve, like they said Priest made T'Challa cool and got him to the 21st century, but Hudlins ideas paved way for MCU Panther to hit as hard as it did. Dude deserves just as much credit as Priest. It still bothers me how little recognition he gets for his contributions Priest and Hudlin are two sides to the same coin, you can't have one without the other in regards to who BP is today
Quote from: Ture on May 31, 2019, 12:28:15 amYA ISIPHO HIYO NI BASA KEM Once upon a time there was a group of comic book characters that went to the movies. And they were each assigned very specific duties. But representation threatens to take them away from all that and now they work for inclusion. Its real name is ethnic gender and cultural dissolution.For the sake of clarity I will designate the group of comic book characters into the following categories. White male centered, Afrakan centered and Woman centered. With Black Panther and Captain Marvel being the all too obvious exceptions all other MCU films were white male lead.Inclusion and representation are the stepchildren of integration who was birthed by assimilation and as such inclusion and representation are being used as tools to force behaviors and ideologies unnecessarily into a given narrative. This is most prevalent with the LGBTQ attempts to influence the MCU. Take for example Captain Marvel. It seems that her narrative centered on women empowerment and was ideologically grounded in feminism. It could be interpreted as distracting to make her lesbian or bisexual as the message may read that it is the lesbian or bisexual woman that is powerful and centered. Marvel, I think understood this and avoided this conundrum. Such is even more the case with Black Panther a character who posits an Afrakan centered Afro-Futurism. This films greatest and most necessary achievement was the irrevocable display of an unconquered, never-colonized, never enslaved, non- impoverished, highly technologically advanced, traditional ancestral spirituality practicing, capable of protecting themselves Afrakan people. This is something the Afrakan world wanted to see and wholeheartedly embraced. The LGBTQ agenda of inclusion while quickly shoehorned into the comic book for referential validation did not make it into the film. The aesthetic of the Dora Milaje did not need the obfuscation of being identified as lesbian and that being their single, most salient quality. To further elucidate, one may argue that Professor X represent people with disabilities however Charles Xavier is better recognized as a telepath and not a wheelchair user. The Dora Milaje above all else needed by design to be seen first and foremost as powerful and purposeful Afrakan women with an Afrakan centered standard of beauty. Marvel got it.There was talks of Wakandans speaking with British accents; T'Challa being a sanitation worker who finds a magical panther amulet; and other such nonsense. Marvel did the intelligent thing and listened to the fans and enthusiasts of Black Panther. We made it clear that occidental cultural immersion induces the cessation of non western cultural expressions. Marvel heard us and put together a great production team, writers, actors/actresses, costumer, musicians and one hell of a director. It is thus that we received Ya Isipho Hiyo Ni Basa Kem. The gift that is Black Panther.The LGBTQ would better serve the cause of inclusion if they focused on those characters that were created to represent them. Why the LGBTQ does not talk of North Star (the first openly gay character) being bought to the big screen is a mystery. Why talk about Cap and Bucky being in a relationship that is not organic to them when there is Midnighter and Apollo ready and willing to go all in? Then, as my tale began with three categories, there can be four. Shang Chi makes five. Kamala Khan makes six. Add the White Tiger for Hispanic representation, Red Wolf for Native American representation. I'm sure Daimon Hellstrom has a demographic to rep. I could go on but you get my point. Marvel is inclusive and representative without the push. This is one heck of a post. I'll try to get back to this tomorrow or next week, as time allows.
YA ISIPHO HIYO NI BASA KEM Once upon a time there was a group of comic book characters that went to the movies. And they were each assigned very specific duties. But representation threatens to take them away from all that and now they work for inclusion. Its real name is ethnic gender and cultural dissolution.For the sake of clarity I will designate the group of comic book characters into the following categories. White male centered, Afrakan centered and Woman centered. With Black Panther and Captain Marvel being the all too obvious exceptions all other MCU films were white male lead.Inclusion and representation are the stepchildren of integration who was birthed by assimilation and as such inclusion and representation are being used as tools to force behaviors and ideologies unnecessarily into a given narrative. This is most prevalent with the LGBTQ attempts to influence the MCU. Take for example Captain Marvel. It seems that her narrative centered on women empowerment and was ideologically grounded in feminism. It could be interpreted as distracting to make her lesbian or bisexual as the message may read that it is the lesbian or bisexual woman that is powerful and centered. Marvel, I think understood this and avoided this conundrum. Such is even more the case with Black Panther a character who posits an Afrakan centered Afro-Futurism. This films greatest and most necessary achievement was the irrevocable display of an unconquered, never-colonized, never enslaved, non- impoverished, highly technologically advanced, traditional ancestral spirituality practicing, capable of protecting themselves Afrakan people. This is something the Afrakan world wanted to see and wholeheartedly embraced. The LGBTQ agenda of inclusion while quickly shoehorned into the comic book for referential validation did not make it into the film. The aesthetic of the Dora Milaje did not need the obfuscation of being identified as lesbian and that being their single, most salient quality. To further elucidate, one may argue that Professor X represent people with disabilities however Charles Xavier is better recognized as a telepath and not a wheelchair user. The Dora Milaje above all else needed by design to be seen first and foremost as powerful and purposeful Afrakan women with an Afrakan centered standard of beauty. Marvel got it.There was talks of Wakandans speaking with British accents; T'Challa being a sanitation worker who finds a magical panther amulet; and other such nonsense. Marvel did the intelligent thing and listened to the fans and enthusiasts of Black Panther. We made it clear that occidental cultural immersion induces the cessation of non western cultural expressions. Marvel heard us and put together a great production team, writers, actors/actresses, costumer, musicians and one hell of a director. It is thus that we received Ya Isipho Hiyo Ni Basa Kem. The gift that is Black Panther.The LGBTQ would better serve the cause of inclusion if they focused on those characters that were created to represent them. Why the LGBTQ does not talk of North Star (the first openly gay character) being bought to the big screen is a mystery. Why talk about Cap and Bucky being in a relationship that is not organic to them when there is Midnighter and Apollo ready and willing to go all in? Then, as my tale began with three categories, there can be four. Shang Chi makes five. Kamala Khan makes six. Add the White Tiger for Hispanic representation, Red Wolf for Native American representation. I'm sure Daimon Hellstrom has a demographic to rep. I could go on but you get my point. Marvel is inclusive and representative without the push.
This better not be an ongoing showcasing Black Widow and providing a platform in which 2nd and 3rd tier characters get to build their brand at Black Panther and Wakanda's expense. This would flow so much better if the story highlighted T'Challa's long range plans that not only insure the safety and continued prosperity of Wakanda but also how he is capable of protecting the planet from both large scale cosmic level threats as well as those that are international. I feel this would work best if it were an all Wakandan agency with foreign special agents used every now and then.This would have been an excellent place to show off W'Kabi as the supreme leader of the agents as this could fall under Wakandan security. Agents of Wakanda could tell the tale of how W'Kabi and Okoye became lovers. The writers could have created a new Wakandan character or bring 9n someone from BP lore like Khanata to build on instead of some of these characters on the cover. Hell even Ross could easily segue in this comic. So much potential.
Killmonger, WoW#6, Sound and Fury, the Annual, BP vs BD, Ghost Panther, Rise, and Avenger(for BP)were all hot for me.I been eating good. Lol.