Sentences with phrase «rare black superhero»

Here's the Marvel movie even non-Marvel fans are prepared to root for, the rare black superhero film, one boasting not only an almost all - black cast but helmed by a black director as well.

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And the film counts as a major, important victory for representation — not just as a rare, series - launching vehicle for a black superhero, but also as a mega-budget Hollywood tentpole starring mostly black actors, one that's explicitly about black (and African) identity.

In doing so, Black Panther is the rare Marvel film that doesn't shy away from telling us something — possibly something very painful — about an aspect of American culture that superhero films rarely address.

Black blockbuster superheroes are rare but not unheard of: Blade and Catwoman headlined their own movies well before T'Challa made his celluloid debut, the Falcon is a consistent (if minor) presence among the Avengers, and Luke Cage is a prominent member of the Marvel Televisual Universe.