I remember the first movie I saw with a black guy as the lead, night of the living dead. I found it boring when I was young lad. Watched it in my teens and the social commentary hit me hard and still holds today. I like slow paced zombies, government engineered ones that are fast just ruins the realism for me. My first spanish film had to be something by the Almada brothers. Our president wants to fight drugs, he should have called Mario before his passing. R.I.P! so yeah, this black panther movie...glad it brings the passion out of some posters.
Congratulations You have an incredible thick headed ability to ignore someone's point I don't have any problem with the movie. It's just a movie, not a civil rights milestone
That's a cool post. What was that thread about? Seriously the only difference is the spacing. I can't tell you what prompted me to change posting style. Honestly I started doing it on Facebook because of the format on Facebook. I posted alot on there in my absence from here. So it's just carried over here I'm Patrick GAbriel if you want to continue your research project
Actually it's about black people acting like it's a civil rights milestone Its been the point the whole time
Always tripped me out that movie had a black lead. Glad you brought it up. That's a milestone. That was sixty years ago. One of my issues about civil rights is my generation is stuck fighting battles our parents already won. Its time to focus on improvement from within
Giving black filmmakers a seat at the table of blockbuster mainstream films is a positive step. Showing audiences heroes and characters that resemble a population that often isn't represented as heroes in films, books, and television is a positive step. You seem irrationally troubled by this step.
I live on the planet earth where once every 10 years one black filmmaker will be bankrolled for a mainstream blockbuster type movie. It isn't representative of the number of black filmmakers in general. Occasionally smaller budget black independent filmmakers will get some success but it isn't the same support from the studios. The past couple of years there has been some progress in that arena. Why are you bothered by people publicly approving members from an excluded community being allowed a seat at the table?
Because just like you've admitted in this post they've been at the table Edit: Hollywood isn't a regular industry. There are a lot of variables that go into a movie getting made Hollywood probably did see a desire for a black comic hero movie They made the movie. They pounced on an economic opportunity. That's the bottom line. It's not a civil rights issue
Really? You think until now there were no black filmmakers who could have made successful blockbusters? Now is pretty much the only time when it is financially possible? Even if that is the case that now is the only time when a black filmmaker can make a profitable movie with a big budget and studio support, I would say that makes it a civil rights issue. If it isn't the case that also makes it a civil rights issue.
You stated clearly that it’s nothing. Well it’s clearly something, and something big for many folks. Why does that so troubled you? I’m seriously curious.
Black people have more important things to worry about than making comic book movies. It's a false sense of progress.
I'm 'surprised' that you have no idea the damage that stereotypes portrayed through the entertainment industry has had on our society. Something that changes that isn't a false sense of progress. Something that employs African Americans in leadership roles and shows to those that hold the power that it can be good for everyone isn't a sense of false progress. It is 'strange' that you are so troubled by people being excited by these changes. Something that gives positive morale towards a community that is denied the same opportunities as other communities isn't a false sense of progress.
Yes. There are many important things minorities have to worry about, but that doesn't preclude this from being progress. It's not an all or nothing situation.
Regardless of conversation on solutions we as blacks don't even address problems anymore Education and crime numbers are stagnant over 20 years. So what if some blacks get to direct comic movies. It means nothing in terms of progress for the overall community
Over the past 7 years, the graduation rates for black high school students has risen 7%. The gap is closing between white and black graduates. I'd say that is better than 'stagnant'. Things can get better, but, that is certainly progress. To say it is stagnant is dubious, at best.
