Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Coogler said Namor would not be white and that Black women hold down and further the community in Wakanda Forever 2.

The critical side argues Wakanda Forever is grief-driven MCU messaging that centers racial politics and female succession over pure superhero entertainment 4. The defending side argues the film honors Chadwick Boseman while expanding the world with another civilization of color and Black women leads after TChallas death 3. Director Ryan Coogler said people expecting more than entertainment from these movies is brilliant 1. Coogler said it made sense that Namor would not be white when casting him as Mesoamerican rather than older comic origins 2. Coogler also said Black women tend to hold it down and further the cause of the community as the focus of the sequel 4. Writer Joe Robert Cole said they wanted another community of color so Atlantis felt real the way Wakanda does 5. WhatSphere scores advocacy 26 of 100, mixed, with identity centrality prominent and demographic-targeted audience inclusivity 6. Whether a Black-led franchise mourning a star must also be read as political thesis is a values dispute once the casting and on-record centering of Black women and Mesoamerican Namor are fixed 2.

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