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Stephanie Blair | Staff Writer<\/span><\/p>\n I am sick and tired of Marvel movies. There are too many, the jokes aren\u2019t that good and the plots are formulaic at best and clich\u00e9 at worst. I don\u2019t want any more \u2014 or so I thought before seeing the masterpiece that is \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Starring Chadwick Boseman as the title character, \u201cBlack Panther\u201d follows the tale of T\u2019Challa, a Wakandan prince and secret superhero, ascending the throne following his father\u2019s death. The Marvel audience was introduced to the Black Panther in \u201cCaptain America: Civil War,\u201d where he served as a righteous and forgiving voice of reason among squabbling superpersons.<\/span><\/p>\n This film had the potential to show a meaningful story filled with beautiful culture that would empower black children around the world, in much the same way that the recent Wonder Woman film did for little girls. And y\u2019all, they did the dang thing.<\/span><\/p>\n The only imperfections were the touches of classic Marvel low comedy, which might have been saved by delivery if the actors didn\u2019t look like they were being forced to drop these scenically-disjointed one-liners.<\/span><\/p>\n Which is not to say that there was no place for humor in the film. On the contrary, for example, Boseman and Letitia Wright shared delightful, natural moments of comedy in their portrayal of a sibling relationship that was so true to life the audience in my theater couldn\u2019t help but smile.<\/span><\/p>\n The music, including compositions by Ludwig Goransson and original songs by Kendrick Lamar, was incredible. The costumes, influenced by the fashions and traditions of real African tribes, were gorgeous. The cinematography showed everything the audience wanted to see without being gratuitous. The villain was righteous and still flawed. The entire film was vibrant and beautifully complex in a way that sets it apart from the drab, gray and uncompelling cinema that Marvel has been churning out for the last three years or so.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, I can only hope that this film is the last piece of the trifecta of successful black-led movies which will finally get Hollywood to open its eyes. Between \u201cMoonlight,\u201d \u201cGet Out\u201d and, now, \u201cBlack Panther\u201d the message is clear from the world: we want racially diverse films to thrive. If you don\u2019t believe that last statement, let me just mention that \u201cBlack Panther\u201d now sits in fifth place for the biggest grossing domestic opening weekend of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n This movie sparkles start to finish with black magic, and I can only hope there will be more like it in the coming years.<\/span><\/p>\n Contact the author at sblair13@wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n Photo by:\u00a0Movies.disney.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stephanie Blair | Staff Writer I am sick and tired of Marvel movies. There are too many, the jokes aren\u2019t that good and the plots are formulaic at best and clich\u00e9 at worst. I don\u2019t want any more \u2014 or so I thought before seeing the masterpiece that is \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d Starring Chadwick Boseman as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}