The Black Panther movie has been huge. I foresee a successful franchise in its future. I say successful franchise because it has all the elements for success exactly like Star Wars does.
Splashy graphics.
Cool outfits immediately being copied and worn in public by fans.
A whole world invented that does not exist so no one can complain about storylines not being real.
Gorgeous people who will age very nicely. I can tell you there are quite a few women who are having the hots for the men of the movie. Of course, getting boinked by one of them will never happen in real life for most women, but hey, when they close their eyes, their husbands look just like their fave character and it is the husband who gets the benefit, so he's not complaining.
Universal themes of the human condition causing many column inches to be written by experts, some as apologists, some as anthropologists, some as historians. And some as societal radicals able to have a platform upon which to put the beat down on their oppressors (whatever that means for them).
Over-the-top responses by folks spouting conspiracy theories.
And almost immediately, in short videos, Blacks making fun of other Blacks' over-the-top responses to the movie. My friend Roland should watch these because, as I told him, he needed to "geez, get a grip, man."
Who is Roland?
Roland is a famous black musician, DJ, and producer in the world of House Music. He is — or rather, was — a friend of mine. Correct, I know him in real life. We've had coffee and chats in real life, and I've sat in his real car listening to his real music.
Which was great by the way. Had me dancing in my seat.
But Roland had an over-the-top response to the movie and here is the last reason why I know Black Panther will be a rip-roaring success: Roland unfriended and blocked me when he was challenged on his idiot conspiracy theory.
Roland came up with this theory when two of his friends — two! — said they went to see the movie in question and were given tickets to see another movie which proves, said Roland, that "Whites do not want to see us successful so they are selling tickets to movies about whites so that our people will not get credit."
When I pointed out to him all the elements that had to be in place nationwide — all the secret memos and emails sent and all the teenagers involved in making that happen — therefore it was far-fetched for this vast White Conspiracy to take place at the ticket counter, he really went over the top. That's when I told him to get a grip and that is when we were no longer friends.
See? Complete success. Black Panther is going to be huge. Marvel has a winner, that's for sure.
But will the movie make a profit? No, it will not. Just like all movies, including massive worldwide blockbusters featuring White People, if Black Panther shows a profit at the end of the day, somebody in accounting is getting fired.
However, Roland's response got me to wondering and, as your Anonymous Citizen Journalist has done for you and will continue to do, I scratched through the Twitter archives to find a wide assortment of tweets you might find fun. Yes, I curated content for you and did a damn fine job of it if I do say so myself.
Enjoy.
BLACKS MAKING FUN OF OTHER BLACKS RESPONSES
Being The Only White Guy In A Black Office After Black Panther pic.twitter.com/w7cSXAqtnw— All Def Digital (@AllDefDigital) February 21, 2018
— Bruce (@Bruce_Rukundo) February 22, 2018
FEMINISM WEIGHS IN
How the women in #BlackPanther were a reminder that feminism is pro-women not anti-men https://t.co/R2LKE5SgS9 pic.twitter.com/fsbRWGRoXm— xoNecole (@xonecole) February 22, 2018
MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER IS WHITE FEMALE
Rachel Morrison used to often be the only woman in the room. Now she's the first female cinematographer ever nominated for an Oscar. https://t.co/QT518wZDdN— Vanity Fair UK (@VanityFairUK) February 22, 2018
NOT THE FIRST BLACK SUPERHERO Film critic Leslie Byron Pitt asks why the feature film has meant so much to the black diaspora and if it truly stacks up on screen
Black superheroes on screen have been around before from the likes of the sharp-toothed Blade (1998) to the rather forgettable Spawn (1997): https://t.co/3ObVBE5pIP— Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) February 22, 2018
BLACK PANTHER CHARACTER CREATED BY TWO WHITE JEWS,
MAKING IT A WIN FOR JEWISH-BLACK RELATIONS
#BlackPanther was created in the 1960's by 2 Jews: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, who is clearly thrilled by the movie's success! https://t.co/auEuHpXEvn— Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) February 22, 2018
CREATOR STAN LEE LOVED SEEING
THE CHARACTER IN SUCH A GREAT MOVIE.
Congratulations @marvelstudios, #RyanCoogler, and the entire cast & crew on the soaring success of Black Panther! What a thrill it is to be able to witness all the records this dynamic, thoughtful movie is smashing. #BlackPanther #WakandaForever https://t.co/mVb5jynXll— stan lee (@TheRealStanLee) February 21, 2018
JELANI COBB WROTE ON NewYorker.com: "'Black Panther'...has been an inherently political character since his inception...It is shot through with the sense of longing and romance common to the way that people of a diaspora envision their distant homeland."
"Superheroes are seldom tasked with this kind of existential lifting..." Jelani Cobb, so good on #BlackPanther and the invention of 'Africa'. https://t.co/BjqwRByt1k— Nilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) February 22, 2018
GOD IS THANKED.
Talking about @letitiawright and her beautiful testimony about God in her life with @k_yoder on #MorningGlory https://t.co/pL7L7bOLlP— Gloria Purvis (@gloria_purvis) February 22, 2018
AGAIN, WOMEN GETTING THE HOTS.
— Nicole Emmett (@Nicole_Emmett) February 22, 2018
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