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Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:16 pm
by stip
you were right

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:22 pm
by LoathedVermin72
lol

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:23 pm
by stip
he’s an alan bloom style conservative. that reaction was entirely predictable in advance

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:32 pm
by BurtReynolds
VinylGuy wrote:
wease wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
theplatypus wrote:Africans are African but WE ARE AFRICA
OMG STIP CMON
We are the world.
JUST ONE WORLD.

DISNEY WORLD
It's scary how true this is.

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:33 pm
by stip
for those of you who dont know who Alan Bloom is, he is the intellectual equivalent of ‘old man yells at cloud’

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:34 pm
by VinylGuy
BurtReynolds wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
wease wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
theplatypus wrote:Africans are African but WE ARE AFRICA
OMG STIP CMON
We are the world.
JUST ONE WORLD.

DISNEY WORLD
It's scary how true this is.
not for Stip. He is happy with all the cultural changes in the US.

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:38 pm
by stip
I actually used to have parts of several lectures on cultural commodification that focused on Disney.

but then they bought Marvel AND Star Wars!

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:43 pm
by BurtReynolds
stip wrote:I actually used to have parts of several lectures on cultural commodification that focused on Disney.

but then they bought Marvel AND Star Wars!
And pixar.

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:43 pm
by LoathedVermin72
stip wrote:he’s an alan bloom style conservative. that reaction was entirely predictable in advance
While he has taken a deeply disappointing turn into boring conservatism in recent years, this is a grossly unfair dismissal of his championing and criticism of black art stretching back over 30 years.

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 10:55 pm
by stip
fair enough. ive only read what youve linked here in recent years

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 11:31 pm
by 96583UP
yep, nothing insensitive to stereotypes here

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Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 11:45 pm
by HeyGuys
Is Thor offensive to scandanavians?

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 11:47 pm
by stip
96583UP wrote:yep, nothing insensitive to stereotypes here

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Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 11:51 pm
by 96583UP
i win

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:00 am
by stip
whoops. making dinner and posting on my phone. i was going to reply and decided not to bother

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:03 am
by verb_to_trust
Aren't most of these comic book movies pretty terrible? Now, not only am I being told this one is for some reason good, it is apparently going to end racism?

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:27 am
by VinylGuy
verb_to_trust wrote:Aren't most of these comic book movies pretty terrible? Now, not only am I being told this one is for some reason good, it is apparently going to end racism?
you are not allowed to joke about it.

But yeah, seems like racism was defeated by this one.

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:31 am
by 96583UP
VinylGuy wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Aren't most of these comic book movies pretty terrible? Now, not only am I being told this one is for some reason good, it is apparently going to end racism?
you are not allowed to joke about it.

But yeah, seems like racism was defeated by this one.
MLK Jr's dream has been realized.

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Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:36 am
by Peeps
i dont know i dont see those images as being racists but paying homage to the heritage that is africa

Re: Black Panther (2018)

Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 12:43 am
by stip
it is honoring that heritage while reimagining it influenced by prosperity and progress free of outsude influences and exploitation