Black Panther Shatters Box Office Projections

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CosmicSex said:

Mar1217 said:

And that's what flabbergasted me the most.  

Though, I think for a select group who decides to do so, this movie is like a modern testament of their belief and what they would want to see achieve in the future of our society. 

The double standard phenomenon is strong with this one.

Okay so you guys have to accept that everyone is different and you can't define people's reasons for enjoying something.  I read your comments and shake my head like 'who actually thinks about these things'  then I realize that you are different.  You are groomed to question peoples reasoning and have to hold it up to what you think they should like or want to see.   And thats okay.  You think differently.    Just apply that to folks who really think that way.  A young business lady in my town got into comics and superheros after watching Xmen and seeing Storm.  To her, she never saw people like herself in the genre and that gave her a greater appreciation for the genre overall.  While I might not get it or experience the same thing, I recognize it as a valid thought process and perspective. Likewise, if I dismissed you being flabergassed, It would be because I am too close minded to accept that you have a different perspective. 

All is well :)

I’m just saying that there have been many films in the past that featured lead roles that weren’t straight white males, and many of those have seen box office success. To pretend like Black Panther and Wonder Woman are these brand new phenomenon is to continue the false rhetoric that the west are mostly horrible racist bigots, and we need to constantly have that hammered into our skulls until we feel guilty and become submissive. Here’s my 2 cents: enjoy a film for what it is. If the film features non-straight white male leads, and that helps others enjoy it, cool. However, that doesn’t need to become some sort of metric of quality. For me, I thoroughly enjoyed both and I’m a straight white male. If a film’s good, it’s good; if it sucks, it sucks. Our entertainment doesn’t need to become a silly political or race-fueled farce. There’s enough of shit on our daily newsfeeds to last 10 lifetimes.