1 An Analysis of Black Panther Suantane Shepard Course English 119 An Analysis of Black Panther Black Panther is often hailed as one of the movies that Black Panther positively portrays African American communities. The dominant public discussions about Blacks, for example, normally contradict s their views about themselves. Additionally, their depictions in the movie world is often a representation of the American social climate. Indeed, the stereotypes that are extended to them is often apparent in early films and mainly acted as derogatory images that are exaggerated as a means way of mockery. This negative popular culture traces back to the minstrelsy and black face, which is a musical phenomenon in which whereby White actors impersonated Blacks. However, emerging contemporary films often attempt to defy these negative stereotypes by assigning Black characters superior roles. Black Panther glorifies African Americans by overcoming stereotypes and providing a positive narrative of Black male characters. Comment by Prof Waller: Stop letting the culture write your papers. YOU need to write you papers and essays from now on, even after thuis semester is over; you need to be able to write as your self for term papers and for dissertation theses in the future. “Hailed” is a euphemism from media, public relations and dumb movie posters. You are not even saying this, you are writing a topic sentence that ought to describe your topic. YOU are expressing a (questionable) sentence that the movie is positive, and a flat out false claim that the movie portrays African American communities (it does not even portray AFRICAN communities, but luckily, your topic sentence only needs to introduce a topic, which you have done here. I hope this strange claim however, does not taint your thesis. Comment by Prof Waller: This is a troubled thesis—it is not edited enough and so there is ambiguity about modification (‘discussions’ is plural, so the verb, ‘contradict’ here needs to be singular. Also, there is a coherence problem. Are you seeking to argue that the ‘discussions’ contradict ‘THEIR views about THEMSELVES? How can discussions have views, or views about THEMSELVES. That is incoherent. Comment by Prof Waller: There can be no ‘additional’ thesis sentences—you need a summary of support here or whatever your thesis was. Is this second thesis sentence your actual thesis? The form of the essay needs to now take the weight of clarification since your grammar is unclear. Comment by Prof Waller: A basic coherence problem is your use of pronouns, ‘they’, ‘their’ and ‘them’. What does these pronouns refer to? It seems you mean that they refer to your subject ‘Blacks’ from the topic and the first thesis sentence, but that is unclear grammatically—this means you did not do a careful enough third draft. Comment by Prof Waller: This is a third thesis. I’m pretty sure you paid no attention to the outline of essay form as you were writing—remember that I t ...

1. 1
An Analysis of Black Panther
Suantane Shepard
Course English 119
An Analysis of Black Panther
Black Panther is often hailed as one of the movies that Black
Panther positively portrays African American communities. The
dominant public discussions about Blacks, for example,
normally contradict s their views about themselves.
Additionally, their depictions in the movie world is often a
representation of the American social climate. Indeed, the
stereotypes that are extended to them is often apparent in early
films and mainly acted as derogatory images that are
exaggerated as a means way of mockery. This negative popular
culture traces back to the minstrelsy and black face, which is a
musical phenomenon in which whereby White actors
impersonated Blacks. However, emerging contemporary films
often attempt to defy these negative stereotypes by assigning
Black characters superior roles. Black Panther glorifies African
Americans by overcoming stereotypes and providing a positive
narrative of Black male characters. Comment by Prof Waller:
Stop letting the culture write your papers. YOU need to write
you papers and essays from now on, even after thuis semester is
over; you need to be able to write as your self for term papers

2. and for dissertation theses in the future. “Hailed” is a
euphemism from media, public relations and dumb movie
posters. You are not even saying this, you are writing a topic
sentence that ought to describe your topic. YOU are expressing
a (questionable) sentence that the movie is positive, and a flat
out false claim that the movie portrays African American
communities (it does not even portray AFRICAN communities,
but luckily, your topic sentence only needs to introduce a topic,
which you have done here. I hope this strange claim however,
does not taint your thesis. Comment by Prof Waller: This is
a troubled thesis—it is not edited enough and so there is
ambiguity about modification (‘discussions’ is plural, so the
verb, ‘contradict’ here needs to be singular. Also, there is a
coherence problem. Are you seeking to argue that the
‘discussions’ contradict ‘THEIR views about THEMSELVES?
How can discussions have views, or views about
THEMSELVES. That is incoherent. Comment by Prof Waller:
There can be no ‘additional’ thesis sentences—you need a
summary of support here or whatever your thesis was. Is this
second thesis sentence your actual thesis? The form of the essay
needs to now take the weight of clarification since your
grammar is unclear. Comment by Prof Waller: A basic
coherence problem is your use of pronouns, ‘they’, ‘their’ and
‘them’. What does these pronouns refer to? It seems you mean
that they refer to your subject ‘Blacks’ from the topic and the
first thesis sentence, but that is unclear grammatically—this
means you did not do a careful enough third draft. Comment by
Prof Waller: This is a third thesis. I’m pretty sure you paid no
attention to the outline of essay form as you were writing—
remember that I told you all to TAKE OUT the outline and to
have it ON YOUR DESK as you write your three drafts,
meaning no one should ever end up submitting a third draft that
is not in essay form. That should not even be possible if you are
doing the basic thing required in this class—drafting. By now
you have to know the basics: that every intro paragraph may
have no more than three sentences. Comment by Prof Waller:

3. Many undergraduates overuse the article, ‘the’. Here it is not
needed and in fact it implies a hierarchy (“THE end of…” or
‘THE James Woods”) as if there are several of something or one
true verses other false ones. Comment by Prof Waller: None
of these extra sentences should be in your intro—all of this
extra information should be in your body paragraphs as part of
expansion. You need a summary of support to establish this
expansion. Comment by Prof Waller: This is completely out
of place. This is a fourth thesis—what are you doing? Well, it’s
brainstorming, really. A first draft. Never submit third drafts.
You have four claims all of which are so far unsupported.
Comment by Prof Waller: A fifth thesis, but no supporting
details for any of them. So, this is not an essay. It reads a grea t
deal like a speech instead of a 119 essay.
A Contextual Analysis of Black Panther Comment by Prof
Waller: I have mentioned at least three times in class this
semester that there should not be any subtitles in a college
essay. You have not been studying the outline of essay form,
nor have you studied the student paper example(s) I’ve [posted
in which you will see subtitles crossed out.
Black Panther is arguably the most celebrated African American
film in the 21st Century. In it, Cougler (2018) explores
Wakanda, a fictional African country which has never been
colonized. The territory houses the earth’s only source of
vibranium, which is a precious mineral that arrived to the earth
on a meteorite, and is incredibly scarce and valuable (Coogler,
2018). The film begins when Wakanda’s leader, T’Chaka, is
killed, and his son, T’Challa, is required to take over the throne.
However, T’Challa is challenged for the kingdom’s leadership
by his cousin, Eric Killmonger (Coogler, 2018). For some time,
Killmonger successfully dethrones T’Challa but is eventually
overpowered by T’Challa. Comment by Prof Waller: Huh?
What does this mean? ‘Celebrated’ is a euphemism just like
‘hailed’—empty language. You need to write your own papers,
not have the culture write them for you. This is by the way the
topic sentence of a brand-new intro paragraph. Is this your

4. actual intro? This is not a body paragraph—this topic sentence
is not taken from an essay map, you neglected to write an essay
map for your intro. Comment by Prof Waller: No parenthetical
citation of dates except after a title, not after the author’s name.
Comment by Prof Waller: This is lacking in focus,
purpose, and form—all three of the requirements for an
argumentative essay (the fifth rhetorical form that we are
working in—were you in last week’s class meeting taking
notes? Have you closely read the posted lectures? You are
required to write essays, not brainstorm. Brainstorming is for
first drafts. Always submit THIRD drafts that are in correct
essay form (second draft) and that are thoroughly edited for
grammar, spelling, essay form, agreement, punctuation, and
modification (third draft). These are the basics of the course. I
cannot actually get to assessing analysis, critique, or
interpretation of this writing because it is not actually an essay.
You need to write essays for 119.
One of the film’s defining characteristics is that it is a
modern, slick action movie. This sharply contradicts common
movies that are casted in Africa, which tend to feature appalling
aspects of turmoil, conflict, and social problems such as
poverty. Additionally, it is a departure from popular depictions
of Africa as a place where White people arrive to save the
continent from themselves. The film also mixes modernism with
traditionalism because it provides a global cosmopolitan feel,
which includes covering exotic locations such as Busan, South
Korea, which is the area in which the movie’s villain, Klaue, is
supposed to buy black market vibranium, with a major scene
occurring in a casino. Klaue is also depicted as a Bond-esque
villain, who has a literal claw on his right hand. Thus, the film
dominantly features African heroes, who are at home and in
control in global settings.
The Black representation and meaning of their racial
formation in the fiction films is founded on the changing tide of
race relations. These trends have taken place in the country’s
social system over the last century. One of the primary goals of

5. the Black movement has been to recreate a symbolic culture by
influencing the transformations that occur in African American
cultures and aesthetics. As a result, Black power movements
emerged to promote Black pride, civil rights, and community
control (Swamipersad, 2018). Thus, the emergence of African
nationalism eventually resulted in a positive shift towards the
prominence of Blacks in the political and public arenas. In
addition, this paradigmatic shift later became apparent in
Hollywood films with the surfacing of Blaxploitation.
Blaxploitation movies were cheaply produced, and featured
strong, aggressive African American leads, who would
sometimes confront racist White characters and institutions.
These includes contents that focuses on the issues that affected
Black people, such as poverty and slum life. Therefore, Black
Panther provides a better opportunity for African American
artists in Hollywood to showcase images of pride and exposure
to institutionalized racism.
The production of Black Panthers also revels the manner in
which it attempts to establish a visual tradition that particularly
negotiates and counteracts a negative history of African
American oppression. This form of oppression is often largely
generated and enacted via a visual culture and coding
(Eckhardt, 2018). For instance, many Hollywood films depict
Africans Americans as criminals, homeless, drug dealers, and
servants. In so doing, they provide a counter narrative to White
supremacy and visual culture established via Hollywood and
mass media.
Many scenes in Black Panthers awaken the idea that
heroism is not defined by color. In the first scenes after the
death of his father, for example, T’Challa is depicted as a hero
who is returning home to save his nation. The scenes of the
nation is not only African, but it is also, technologically more
advanced than the rest of the world (Coogler, 2018). Other
scenes that reflect the African nation as superior is its
exceptionalism, which stems from its century-long invisibility.
This apparent invisibility, coupled with the nation’s storage of

6. powerful mineral, Vibranium, implies that they have wealth that
other nations lack. Some of the exceptional positions that are
portrayed by the characters. Nonetheless, most of the framing
occurs via cinematography, which highlights specific images
through mise-en-scene that stresses on Wakanda’s difference
from other parts of the world.
Figure 1
An aerial depiction of Wakanda and its distinctiveness from
other parts of world
African American women also play heroic roles in the
movie. In as mucha s T’Challa is the heir to the throne, his
success is attributed to the strategic roles that women in power
are playing. Women, for example, run the military, whereas his
younger sister heads the scientific laboratory that basically
manufactures all forms of products and chemicals, such as
Vibranium. Unlike the popular American culture that portrays
Black women as inferior beings who perform roles such as
nanny, the film showcases the power of women in the society.
Thus, while the kingdom appears to showcase the characteristics
of an intersectional, often colonized African reality, it lacks an
active disruption of some of its traditional perceptions that
revolve around gender and patriarchy.
In light of the above, the Wakanda kingdom provides
viewers with a dimension of thinking regarding the interactions
between the past and the present. In so doing, it makes the
audience to struggle with the historical and modern geopolitical
status and representation of Africans. In such an
interrelationship between modernism and the past, the presence
of Wakanda makes it permissible to picture or visualize an
African nation as a truly becoming a global power. Nonetheless,
the power of Wakanda comes into question when the villain
Erik Killmonger, who the film later reveals to be from Wakanda
and T’Challa’s first cousin, steals Vibranium from a British
museum. In a brief scene he interacts with a white curator at the
Museum, an expert on African artifacts, which they both

7. examine through thick glass devices in the gallery space. From
it, the viewer can learn that the prehistoric Africa must have
been a mysterious place. From this scene, Killmonger’s tone
and discussion distinctively makes the expert ignorant in her
arrogance and places a colonial narrative of western raiding at
the forefront of the fictional Marvel adaptation.
One of the most dramatic and conflicting aspects of the
film are showcased in the scene in which Killmonger is
presented to the council of elders. Ironically, the elders mainly
come from a neighboring tribe. The seats and positioning of
each elder indicates that he is an intruder. On describing
himself as one of them, the mood and tone of the room changes.
As a result, the issue of us versus them changes immediately at
the realization that he is a Wakandan. Killmonger expresses
Black superiority when he proposes that the Vibranium be used
to set free more than seven million Blacks who are in bondage
in different parts of the world. Comment by Prof Waller:
The topic sentence of a concluding paragraph must be the
restatement of your thesis—this is not even one of the five
various theses from your intro, it is a brand new, sixth thesis.
Comment by Prof Waller: This is supposed to be a
SINGLE SENTENCE—a summary of the entire argument that
you just presented for a thesis. This has no relation to an essay
map and is also too many sentences. You cannot deal with this
course and the requirements if you do not take the time to study
the handouts, basic directives, and your class notes on my
lectures, which have repeatedly defined these requirements you
are neglecting
This would be a “D+’ at best, but I am not going to grade it—I
want you to revise this as an essay rather than preliminary draft
(no more brainstorming). Don’t do this again, this is not a
speech class but advanced composition requiring you to draft
and edit, to write in essay form, and finally, to use critical
analysis to do interpretation. Without an essay from you to
assess and to grade, I really cannot even respond to more
serious elements. You have got to submit something for me to

8. respond to and to grade.
References
Coogler, R. (Director). (2018). Black Panther [Motion Picture].
USA: Marvel Studios.
Eckhardt, G. M. (2018). Black Panther: Thrills, Postcolonial
Discourse, and Blacktopia. Markets,
Globalization & Development Review, 3(2).
Swamipersad, M. S. (2018). The Contribution of Marvel
Studios’ to the changing portrayal of
African Americans in Hollywood.
https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/123456789/6486/Swam
ipersad%2C_M.S._1.pdf
?sequence=1
Q1 Provide example of one Saudi Company and analyze two
examples of organizational strategies and operating plans for
this example.
Q2 AbdulkrimCompany manufactures a product A. The
company estimates the cost function for the total costs. The cost
driver is number of units. The following information were
collected:
MonthUnitsTotal Costs
January 3,560 $242,400
February 3,800 $252,000
March 4,000 $260,000
April 3,600 $244,000
May 3,200 $228,000
June 3,040 $221,600
Compute a cost function using the high-low method.
Q3 Hashim Corporation sells its product for $17 per unit. Its
variable cost is $10 per unit, and total fixed cost are $800.

9. Assuming next period’s estimated sales are 300, calculate the
following amounts:
a. Degree of operating leverage
b. Margin of safety in units
c. Margin of safety in revenues
Q4 Provide one numerical example for allocation of overhead of
one job and analyze this example?
Q5 Discuss the concept of Equivalent Units in process costing
and give numerical example?
Lecture 5 - Academic Writing and Thinking
Feb 24 LONG PAPER #1 Coming Due; grammar ex.;
handout, “Black Panther in Context”—euphemism vs academic
discourse 173-174 STEPS; discussion of the elements of
critical analysis—196 and 106-110; “Battle of the Ants”—662-
664 STEPS
_______________________________________
I do not have a long lecture for you today--I want you to have
time to catch up with reading and to get papers you owe done.
Let's take a look at your current writing assignment, as well as
reviewing basic writing requirements.
Your writing assignment is to write in essay form--a brief essay,
at least three pages, in which you PROVE some or all, or even
just one point being made above, by my article on the film,
"Black Panther" based on the clips provided or if you want,
using "Black Panther" itself--the entire film or the example
passages from the film that I have posted below.
Use any one of three film sources: FILM COMMENTARY, New
York Times Film Review, or The Village Voice films review
section for your source or sources. Feel free to simply use
WIKIPEDIA if you find it too difficult to understand or find

10. data to support you in those sources.
First, however, look up the term, ‘mise-en-scene’ [Wikipedia
has a good article on it], a French theater and film technique, a
French phrase meaning ‘placement in the scene’. Once you feel
you have understood what it is, realize that two of the films that
have used it most effectively in the past 80 years have been
THE MATRIX (directed by the Wachowsky Brothers, released
in the year 1999), and CITIZEN KANE (directed by Orson
Welles, released in the year 1941).
The two films, MATRIX and CITIZEN KANE are separated by
many years but they share popularity AND critical approval as
important works of art, setting standards for achievements in
film art.
So first of everything, below are two scenes, one from KANE
and one from MATRIX, both using Mise-En-Scene brilliantly
and effectively, with both films featuring scenes of conflict
between two main characters and communicating deep meaning
in those conflicts, using Mise-en-Scene.
You will have looked up 'Mise-en-scene' and whatever you will
have decided to take from your research is fine. The two scenes
both use 'placement' ('mise') as a way to create meaning. Notice
that both scenes are very emotional, and that both scenes focus
on a conflict between two characters. In both scenes one
character is sitting down and the other is standing.
In both scenes one character is the one the writers who wrote
these films want us to identify with (the 'protagonist'). The
writing for "Citizen Kane" wants us to identify with the lead
character, the protagonist rather than the 'antagonist' who is . In
each scene the protagonist is the younger man (who is standing,
in "The Matrix" rather than the older man, who is sitting, and
who is sitting in "Citizen Kane" rather than standing--the older,
antagonist). In both scenes the older man is very angry at the
younger man--the antagonist is very angry at each protagonist.
Watch Video
"This attack is an act of desperation" Morpheus and Lock scene

11. (Matrix Reloaded)
Duration: 3:20
User: n/a - Added: 2/14/20
YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjF_rrVPyg
Watch Video
Citizen Kane - How to Run a Newspaper Scene (3/10) |
Movieclips
Duration: 3:00
User: n/a - Added: 1/27/17
The writing for "Matrix" is the opposite mise-en-scene
of"Citizen Kane": we are meant to identify with the man who is
standing, the lead character, in the clip[ from "The Matrix" --
The man who is sitting is angry, and even starts out shouting.
However, in "Citizen Kane" clip, the antagonist is standing; he
is the one shouting, very loudly. In both scenes you looked at,
the meaning is a strong one: that one character
is rebelling while the other character is angry about the
protagonist's rebellion.
The essays in your textbook will always have a core of emotion-
-the essays have that in common; ideas that the writers and that
manu American citizens are very passionate about. YOUR
responsibility as an academic writer and thinker in advanced
composition, is, while recognizing the feelings of ordinary
Americans when it comes to so-called 'issues', to train yourself
to RESIST emotion and passion, so that you can be CRITICAL
and to be able to objectively ANALIZE any 'issues' you
encounter in this class and in your college career.
I will be lecturing in the future about this, and I want to start
off on this idea by mentioning to you that next week I will be
lecturing on the essay, "Battle of the Ants" one of the essays in
your textbook. There is also the portion of the essay I myself
wrote, called "Black Panther in Context" which is attached, a
download link a the bottom--at the end, of this lecture.
We will talk about both essays in class on Wednesday, but as

12. you read them be aware that "Battle of the Ants" is making a
very serious point about how humans behave, by comparing
human beings to ants.
"Black Panther in Context" is a critical article that wants to
reject a lot of the popularity of the movie, "Black Panther", and
offerss some serious reasons for being so critical.
Here is essentially, the topic sentence, and the major thesis and
central critique of "Black Panther in Context":
"Our public discourse can and does often conflict with Black
popular thought. That conflict is constant, and exists in Black
response to Hollywood products, such as Panther, which has
been embraced by a large segment of the Black masses for what
are considered to be ‘positive’ values but should be critiqued as
superficial and false ..." (Waller, P. 1)
Here are pertinent sample clips from "Black
Panther" emphasizing plot (although thin) rather than mindless
comic book violence from "Black Panther":
Watch Video
T'Challa Gets His New Black Panther Suit Scene - Black
Panther (2018) Movie CLIP HD
Duration: 3:34
User: n/a - Added: 4/14/19
Watch Video
(Marvel) Erik Killmonger || I'm Your King
Duration: 4:25
User: n/a - Added: 11/11/19
Here is a refresher of the "Panther" critique's supporting details:
1. The fronting of Black talent (such as director Ryan Coogler
and an admittedly commendable Black cast).
2. Perceived ‘positive’ representation of Africa, Africans, and
African genius.
3. Screen portrayals of idealized, fictional African monarchy.
4. ‘Feminist’ empowerment of Black female characters.
5. Various other cosmetic elements hailed as ‘positive’ that are
window dressing for a visually appealing, expensively

13. produced, but conventional White corporate ‘movie’ that
challenges neither the Hollywood nor the Marvel movie house
formula (fantasy, escapism, ingenuity in espousing violence,
etc.)
CONTRAST:
Watch Video
Shaft in Africa Official Trailer #1 - Richard Roundtree Movie
(1973) HD
Duration: 2:56
User: n/a - Added: 10/5/12
I will lecture again on next Monday.
Black Panther in Context Edited.docx
Lecture 5 - Academic Writing and Thinking
Feb 24 LONG PAPER #1 Coming Due; grammar ex.;
handout, “Black Panther in Context”—euphemism vs academic
discourse 173-174 STEPS; discussion of the elements of
critical analysis—196 and 106-110; “Battle of the Ants”—662-
664 STEPS
_______________________________________
I do not have a long lecture for you today--I want you to have
time to catch up with reading and to get papers you owe done.
Let's take a look at your current writing assignment, as well as
reviewing basic writing requirements.
Your writing assignment is to write in essay form--a brief essay,
at least three pages, in which you PROVE some or all, or even
just one point being made above, by my article on the film,
"Black Panther" based on the clips provided or if you want,
using "Black Panther" itself--the entire film or the example
passages from the film that I have posted below.

14. Use any one of three film sources: FILM COMMENTARY, New
York Times Film Review, or The Village Voice films review
section for your source or sources. Feel free to simply use
WIKIPEDIA if you find it too difficult to understand or find
data to support you in those sources.
First, however, look up the term, ‘mise-en-scene’ [Wikipedia
has a good article on it], a French theater and film technique, a
French phrase meaning ‘placement in the scene’. Once you feel
you have understood what it is, realize that two of the films that
have used it most effectively in the past 80 years have been
THE MATRIX (directed by the Wachowsky Brothers, released
in the year 1999), and CITIZEN KANE (directed by Orson
Welles, released in the year 1941).
The two films, MATRIX and CITIZEN KANE are separated by
many years but they share popularity AND critical approval as
important works of art, setting standards for achievements in
film art.
So first of everything, below are two scenes, one from KANE
and one from MATRIX, both using Mise-En-Scene brilliantly
and effectively, with both films featuring scenes of conflict
between two main characters and communicating deep meaning
in those conflicts, using Mise-en-Scene.
You will have looked up 'Mise-en-scene' and whatever you will
have decided to take from your research is fine. The two scenes
both use 'placement' ('mise') as a way to create meaning. Notice
that both scenes are very emotional, and that both scenes focus
on a conflict between two characters. In both scenes one
character is sitting down and the other is standing.
In both scenes one character is the one the writers who wrote
these films want us to identify with (the 'protagonist'). The
writing for "Citizen Kane" wants us to identify with the lead
character, the protagonist rather than the 'antagonist' who is . In
each scene the protagonist is the younger man (who is standing,
in "The Matrix" rather than the older man, who is sitting, and
who is sitting in "Citizen Kane" rather than standing--the older,

15. antagonist). In both scenes the older man is very angry at the
younger man--the antagonist is very angry at each protagonist.
Watch Video
"This attack is an act of desperation" Morpheus and Lock scene
(Matrix Reloaded)
Duration: 3:20
User: n/a - Added: 2/14/20
YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjF_rrVPyg
Watch Video
Citizen Kane - How to Run a Newspaper Scene (3/10) |
Movieclips
Duration: 3:00
User: n/a - Added: 1/27/17
The writing for "Matrix" is the opposite mise-en-scene
of"Citizen Kane": we are meant to identify with the man who is
standing, the lead character, in the clip[ from "The Matr ix" --
The man who is sitting is angry, and even starts out shouting.
However, in "Citizen Kane" clip, the antagonist is standing; he
is the one shouting, very loudly. In both scenes you looked at,
the meaning is a strong one: that one character
is rebelling while the other character is angry about the
protagonist's rebellion.
The essays in your textbook will always have a core of emotion-
-the essays have that in common; ideas that the writers and that
manu American citizens are very passionate about. YOUR
responsibility as an academic writer and thinker in advanced
composition, is, while recognizing the feelings of ordinary
Americans when it comes to so-called 'issues', to train yourself
to RESIST emotion and passion, so that you can be CRITICAL
and to be able to objectively ANALIZE any 'issues' you
encounter in this class and in your college career.
I will be lecturing in the future about this, and I want to start
off on this idea by mentioning to you that next week I will be
lecturing on the essay, "Battle of the Ants" one of the essays in

16. your textbook. There is also the portion of the essay I myself
wrote, called "Black Panther in Context" which is attached, a
download link a the bottom--at the end, of this lecture.
We will talk about both essays in class on Wednesday, but as
you read them be aware that "Battle of the Ants" is making a
very serious point about how humans behave, by comparing
human beings to ants.
"Black Panther in Context" is a critical article that wants to
reject a lot of the popularity of the movie, "Black Panther", and
offerss some serious reasons for being so critical.
Here is essentially, the topic sentence, and the major thesis and
central critique of "Black Panther in Context":
"Our public discourse can and does often conflict with Black
popular thought. That conflict is constant, and exists in Black
response to Hollywood products, such as Panther, which has
been embraced by a large segment of the Black masses for what
are considered to be ‘positive’ values but should be critiqued as
superficial and false ..." (Waller, P. 1)
Here are pertinent sample clips from "Black
Panther" emphasizing plot (although thin) rather than mindless
comic book violence from "Black Panther":
Watch Video
T'Challa Gets His New Black Panther Suit Scene - Black
Panther (2018) Movie CLIP HD
Duration: 3:34
User: n/a - Added: 4/14/19
Watch Video
(Marvel) Erik Killmonger || I'm Your King
Duration: 4:25
User: n/a - Added: 11/11/19
Here is a refresher of the "Panther" critique's supporting details:
1. The fronting of Black talent (such as director Ryan Coogler
and an admittedly commendable Black cast).
2. Perceived ‘positive’ representation of Africa, Africans, and
African genius.

17. 3. Screen portrayals of idealized, fictional African monarchy.
4. ‘Feminist’ empowerment of Black female characters.
5. Various other cosmetic elements hailed as ‘positive’ that are
window dressing for a visually appealing, expensively
produced, but conventional White corporate ‘movie’ that
challenges neither the Hollywood nor the Marvel movie house
formula (fantasy, escapism, ingenuity in espousing violence,
etc.)
CONTRAST:
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