Black Panther is The Only Black James Bond We Need - TWB82

Black Panther is the only black James Bond we need. He has the tech, a suave demeanor, and the well intent to undermine criminal minds who threaten his nations. It would be great to have a black James Bond character on the big screen but as long as he or she is not James Bond and more Bond-like. I’m bored of remakes and studio attempts to reinsert old titles into the modern day film industry by way of cultural appropriation: Female Ghostbusters, a black James Bond. Good ideas. Lazy imagination.

The sole popularity of the title and name of a product (the film) remains the only selling point for the repurposing a franchise with different faces of gender or race.

I hate the idea of that guy from Get Out as black bond; it’s only an accurate casting because he's British.

In this Episode:

• Traits Black Panther and James Bond share
• Starks and T-Challa
• The opposite moral compass
• What makes a King - Scoop du Jour
• Snipes and the Blank Panther Film that never was
• No matter how you spin it, movies don't have a race.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW

Wesley Snipes and the Black Panthermovie that never was but came to become.

Daniel Kaluuya as James Bond

Weekly Gratitude:

Always bet on black, and please pay your taxes. 

FLAVA TEXT THIS WEEK: 

Don't sneak up on me like that colonizer.

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