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Post by Skaathar on Feb 17, 2018 23:38:54 GMT
Maybe revolutionary for blacks, not necessarily for the entire POC community. Certainly doesn't feel revolutionary to me or my ilk. People forget that black is not the only color in the POC umbrella. Show me a Hollywood superhero blockbuster centered around latino, middle-eastern, Indian or southeast Asian culture and maybe we can start throwing the word "revolutionary" around. That said, we really need to stop including political agendas in these movies. We already have enough of that in our daily lives, I'd prefer to watch these fictional works of enjoyment without that kind undercurrent. Are there any characters centered around those cultures? I mean there are some comics led by characters of those cultures. Latin we have White Tiger. But, I mean, people would look at that as Marvel making another Black Panther. And nobody likes Ms America (and that would be more of a LGBTQ movie). Most are villains, mutants or a Spider-man/woman. Ms. Marvel for Middle Eastern. Hard-pressed to find Indian characters in Marvel that's not villains or mutants. Shang-Chi will most likely go to wherever Marvel sends their Netflix shows after they start their streaming service (Hulu?). Then you have Silk (just a Spider-woman) and mutants and others that are East Asian other characters and mutants. Most are either caricatures of the culture they are suppose to be a part of or that culture is surface. The Latino ones are the worst. Most are El "something". Well there's Amadeus Cho Hulk, Kamala Khan Ms. Marvel, Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider and Miles Morales Spiderman. And although these characters all live in the US, they could easily showcase the culture of their families and communities. It could even be argued that Ironfist and Dr. Strange both had a chance to showcase a lot of Asian culture despite having caucasian leading men. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't. |
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