OPINION Is Marvel's Black Panther movie really a "special moment" for Black America??

5th Letter said:
What “perception” of black men do you speak of? And comparing drug dealers to Tyler Perry hiring a black videographer is dishonest and not even close to being the same thing.
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I've already laid it out earlier.

The comparison is between two toxic entities int he Black communities. It looks like it wouldn't matter to you if it's a nigga that sets up shop peddling fucked up mortgages to Black folks, a nigga that opens up a payday loan spot, or some shit like that. As far as you're concerned "he giving Black folks jobs" and that's all that matters, to hell with the negative effects on the community that those people are directly responsible for.

TP's portrayal of Black folks, particularly Black men, has been detrimental to the perception of Black men by those that consume the media he creates. But it's all good as far as you're concerned because he's giving Black folks jobs...
 
Black Caesar said:
There is no black executive that has equity in the film. (Where the REAL money is.) Only Disney is really going to cash in.
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I believe RDJ opted to get a percentage from the ticket sales (possibly merchandise as well) when the 1st Ironman dropped, instead of taking one big check for starring in it.
 
IP360 said:
I believe RDJ opted to get a percentage from the ticket sales (possibly merchandise as well) when the 1st Ironman dropped, instead of taking one big check for starring in it.
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RDJ made a good move,but you think the black cast got made that offer?
 
If you were in the Nipssey thread last week talking about needing better images of black folks in tv and film yet think having a super hero movie set in an African nation about an African king whose entire country has prospered mainly by giving a fuck you to the rest of the white world then you're a hypocrite
 
Beta said:
Listen I'm just happy to see a black movie that's not a rom com or some gospel singing in church or some slave shit.


Or white person goes to inner city school lol
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I think most rom coms are corny as fuck but isnt an oft used argument that people wanna see black folks in "normal every day roles". Wouldn't a rom com be just that?
 
Black Caesar said:
Where was all of this when the Nat Turner movie "A Birth Of A Nation" came out? I saw how people are trying to pool money for bus rides for kids to see Black Panther, but didn't have this energy for Nat Turner who is a real life hero.

Also, it's not lost on me that Disney is going to drop this during Black History month, and Disney is getting all of the money. The cast of Black Panther is going to only get a fraction of the money, and they don't have any equity.

Even though I'm watching the Black Panther movie, it's not a special moment for black America. It's just another movie that's going to drop.
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they didnt create the IP tho...i honestly dont know this, but does Robert Downey Jr get any equity in Ironman?
 
BlackRain said:
If you were in the Nipssey thread last week talking about needing better images of black folks in tv and film yet think having a super hero movie set in an African nation about an African king whose entire country has prospered mainly by giving a fuck you to the rest of the white world then you're a hypocrite
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That's not the topic of this thread tho...
 
@King Du, were you this outraged when Luke Cage came on Netflix?

did you have this same energy?

If Marvel was out here making BP look like some coon, ya'll would have EVERY leg to stand on. If the movie was being directed by a white man, ya'll would have every leg to stand on, but ya are killing me trying to downplay the significance of having an all black cast for this movie.

so people can take off from work to stand in line for Star wars, and people chalk it off to some geek shit, but Oh, let them do it for BP, then its "man ya'll niggas sleep"...which is it??
 
IP360 said:
I hope so...but doubt it.

By looks from the record this movie broke from just advanced tickets alone...BP could Marvel's highest grossing movie.
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Doubt it from a international standpoint..black movies don't do well overseas
 
konceptjones said:
I've already laid it out earlier.

The comparison is between two toxic entities int he Black communities. It looks like it wouldn't matter to you if it's a nigga that sets up shop peddling fucked up mortgages to Black folks, a nigga that opens up a payday loan spot, or some shit like that. As far as you're concerned "he giving Black folks jobs" and that's all that matters, to hell with the negative effects on the community that those people are directly responsible for.

TP's portrayal of Black folks, particularly Black men, has been detrimental to the perception of Black men by those that consume the media he creates. But it's all good as far as you're concerned because he's giving Black folks jobs...
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So giving a young black person fresh out of school a audio job working at his studio=peddling drugs? That’s a false equivalency and how is TP’s portrayal of black men detrimental to the perception of black men? You still haven’t answered that question.
 
Re: birth of a nation

I saw the movie and enjoyed it

my only gripe was that it was only a fraction of the shit that happened, but if he funded it by himself along with help from others, i understand why it couldnt be longer before it got into "ok, this movie long af" territory.
 
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