I said the Black Panther movie is the pinnacle cultural achievement of the Marvel Universe, for many reasons. I love my Marvel Super Hero movies, for sure, but the idea that a white man, too, can be secretly exceptional is nothing new. Because of the tale of one’s skin, it’s significant that a blockbuster movie centered around Africa- a Super Africa-with black heroes of both genders there for your imagination. Wakanda’s an entire country with a secret identity- that is a concept even more revolutionary than the central hero’s noble Blackness.
The success of the MU through the end of this Phase paved the way for a unique statement made with utmost talent and vision. Black Panther wouldn’t have been quite possible until it became reality. Just like Wakanda, it’s something that should’ve been real long time ago.
What I love is how fiction encourages us to invent things, to accept new ways of doing. Though this can be dangerous, of course, in this instance, the concept of Vibranium- perhaps one day part of reality, itself- is not the solitary thing making Wakanda what it is.
The way of the people- seen only in passing through the royal eyes- sparks the imagination. The feeling, the pride, the humanitarian effort. No doubt, advancements in technology that save grueling human labors, and plentiful wealth, cultivation of food and water in a manner that does not deplete the land past reason- these as well as those in medicine and education would seem natural to apply to creating more copacetic environments. Not only for human life to thrive biologically, but to grow individual and in our way of seeing one another.
It is a lack of kindness more than know-how that leaves us with the predicaments of the unloved, unknowing and unfed, conflicting by their very choices of survival. It is the lost child without heritage or patronage who is the revolutionary character in Black Panther; it is the shadow of custom and rigidity that makes wrong the actions of righteous men. It is the lack of a woman in a position to dispense the proper mercy that makes angry the human world.
The story of saving the entire world from a threat, not from our own wayward humanity, but from a grasp at forces beyond imagining, Avengers: Infinity War, will be breathtaking, I'm sure. There's every chance to say something profound about our desires and fears and dreams while laughs relax across the dialog. What they say about who we are and the wonders they explore will make the adventure special. It's the climatic team-up of everyone introduced now, including super-nation Wakanda.
Black Panther, a substantial work of art, grew an audience from the tie to this movie ahead. The only thing alien there was long-buried Vibranium. The Avengers fight to save our world and existence itself, next. But the way our world exists has never encountered a finer parable to this blockbuster leading the world into Infinity War. Its success will continue because of, and will supplement the position of, Marvel Studios' Black Panther.
Ultimately, we’re left with a larger audience than before discussing responsibility, in that classic super-heroic fashion. It is not a change a nation can make without concern not to lose her children- the living Future.
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