Tag: black panther

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myinkandtrees:

I loved this scene so much. T’challa is about to tell a black kid from Oakland who he is.

Like..that means a lot. And t’challa knows that. he knows that what he’s about to tell this kid is about to rock his world.

It’s basically representation matters summed up. I think it’s really important to take this scene for what it is. Black youth don’t get this kind of representation, they don’t always get these kind of role models, leasts of all not a king of the most technological advanced, richest nation in the world.

Movie wise, hes telling a kid who’s most likely had oppurtunites denied to him that he can be anything, that black people can be anything.

rl wise, i feel like this part is reaching out to the audience, black youth specifically.

If t’challa can do it, then so can they. ANd t’challa knows this, he knows that he’s about to inspire this kid to do great things, and sorry if i rambled but i just LOVED THIS PART.

No other marvel movie has had this much, real life, relevant social commentary in relation to this day and age.

#i also saw it pointed out elsewhere#(because i do think it very obviously evokes it)#that this is the ten year anniversary of the mcu#this is ten years on from “i am iron man” #which was a super wealthy white man#and that by evoking that image now – by explicitly referencing it but replacing the billionaire white boy with a black king#and by not finishing the sentence – but leaving it open for MORE#serves as a promise for what the next ten years of cinema could and should be#it’s a statement that the future not only needs to change – it’s already long since started#i really really want to believe that studios will follow through on that promise#this boy and so many others like him deserve that