Black Panther Stereotypes

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In Hollywood it’s very rare to see any minorities in a lead role of a blockbuster film. The accomplishments of Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler, is bound to change that. I Am Legend, Bad Boyz II, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are just a few blockbuster films with minority leads. However, with the triumph of Black Panther that has an African American in the lead role, minorities are more likely to be featured more prominently in blockbuster films. Black Panther brought in $75.8 million on its first day in the box office. Within the first four days of its theatrical release Black Panther made $242 million more than the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Justice League made through its whole theatrical run. Chadwick Boseman (Actor of T’challa/Black …show more content…

The critically acclaimed Get Out is just one of the movies that became one of the greatest films of 2017. Lead actor Daniel Kaluuya, who is an African American, delivered a great performance as the movie protagonist. The budget for Get Out was only $4.5 million, a very low budget for a film. However, its box office score is what stands out, at $255 million, it completely blew away critics and fans alike. This was the first film with an African American lead role and director to ever score a box office score that high. Now with the success of Black Panther, more and more heads are turning to racial diverse …show more content…

Since then Disney has purchased many more companies and signed agreements with other Movie Production Companies such as Fox and Sony. Marvel signed for these agreements because they sold many of their characters and superhero teams to prevent bankruptcy for the second time back in 1985 when Spider-man was sold to Sony and the X-men was sold to Fox. Now with the contracts and purchases Marvel made they now have the rights to all of their characters which gives them room to be even more political and racially diverse in their films. In the Civil War Cease-Fire storyline the X-men member Storm married the great King T’challa and now with Disney purchasing 21st Century Fox it gives Marvel Studios the chance to bring that match up to the big screen with a strong black couple which will bring to life the beloved couple from the comics. While also giving whoever is the director of the film even more leverage with their storytelling with the inclusion of Storm and the rest of the X-men into the

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