Correctly unlock the way the Black PK Latins fight in Black Panther 2

Author of this article: Li Xiaotian

It is doomed that Chinese audiences do not like "Black Panther 2", after all, "Black Panther" has been disliked by Chinese audiences.

Chinese audiences can't understand the concept that the "Black Panther" series wants to express, just as Chinese audiences can't feel the good of "Instantaneous Universe", just as American audiences can't understand how good "Wolf Warrior 2" is.

"Black Panther" has already hit the street once in China, and the street of "Black Panther 2" is almost doomed.

Here, for everyone to analyze how to correctly understand what is being said in "Black Panther 2"? See what's behind its story?

To correctly understand the story of "Black Panther 2", we must understand what "political correctness" is.

First of all, "Wolf Warrior 2", which has become a phenomenal work in China, also extends the words of "Wolf Warrior Culture" and "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy". This is because this film, which alludes to China's rising national sentiment, shows a Chinese super soldier who has completed a seemingly impossible task. Accustomed to watching Hollywood superhero-themed movies, I suddenly saw Chinese my own superhero, and I suddenly had a sense of closeness, which I felt very remarkable. Therefore, this is the "political correctness" that "Wolf Warrior 2" stepped on, and it is the powerful cultural factor of "national spirit" that pushes up the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2".

However, if you put "Wolf Warrior 2" in international movies and put it in Hollywood, you will find that it is just a medium-sized military action film, which is not much to stand out. Just like the "Wandering Earth" series, put internationally, compared with films such as "Dune", "Interstellar", "Star Wars", etc., it is not very high-quality, at most it has reached the same level, and it is far from surpassing. However, because this is Chinese own science fiction film, national emotions are in it, the box office is greatly pushed up, and "political correctness" plays a role.

In the same way, back to "Black Panther", the story it tells is actually the "history of the American black affirmative action movement", in which the superhero Black Panther and the villain Golden Panther correspond to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm Jr. in the history of black equality in the United States. X, one by one, they advocate a peaceful movement and a violent revolution. "Black Panther" is almost a seat, and the core of the story is the question of whether the black movement should be promoted peacefully or violently. Due to the large number of black people in the United States, when black audiences watched "Black Panther" in the cinema, they were deeply moved by the history of black sports reflected on the big screen, and felt that black people finally stood up as superheroes.

When the movie was released, it coincided with the climax of the "Black Lives Matter" movement in the United States, so the double-peaks superimposed jointly boosted the box office of the film, which was outrageously high. Black equal rights, black lives are expensive, that is, the "political correctness" of the United States, if it is catered to, it will win, and if it is violated, it will inevitably be miserable. Just as "anti-Semite" in the United States is a typical "political incorrectness", the famous American rapper Kanye West openly expressed his so-called worship of Nazi German leader Hitler Adolf Hitler, which ignited the anger in the hearts of American Jews, resulting in the banning of "Kanye" and the complete death of society.

However, the "political correctness" of the United States does not mean that it is the "political correctness" of China, and more Chinese do not fully understand the history of the black movement in the United States. Therefore, when "Black Panther" came to China, Chinese audiences were more likely to watch only the surface story in the film, watching how an African superhero galloped in the United States, and as a result, they would feel all kinds of awkwardness and all kinds of incomprehension. Why does a country like Wakanda exist in Africa? Why is Wakanda so primitive and modern on the other? Why are Panthers in America? Under the pursuit of various questions, the more I look at it, the more I feel that it is contrary, and I can't stand it. So, in the end, the street is doomed.

This is the charm and role of "political correctness", which is not necessarily a formed rule, but an "unspoken rule", but it is really useful and plays a practical role. After all, a movie is a commodity, and if you want to sell well, stepping on "political correctness" is a good trick. The "Wolf Warrior" series and the "Wandering Earth" series have stepped on the point of China's "political correctness". And "Black Panther" stepped on the "political correctness" of the United States, where "black lives matter".

As for "Instantaneous Universe", it has stepped on a number of American "political correctness", such as "feminism", the process of the heroine played by Michelle Yeoh traveling through various universes is the process of her female consciousness constantly awakening, very feminist. There is also the "Equal Rights Trend", the Asian heroine played by Michelle Yeoh, in order to survive in a predominantly white society, has experienced various ups and downs and tribulations, which is a response to the "Asian Equal Rights Movement" trend. Then there is "multiculturalism", or how Asian Americans integrate into mainstream American society. These points, a film stepped on continuously, greatly satisfied the sense of curiosity of the mainstream society in the United States with white people as the main body. That's right, it's curiosity, and then somewhat appreciated. In this regard, it is very similar to the best picture "Listening Girl" at the last Oscars, the quality of the film itself is not good, but it just stepped on the "political correctness" point of "disability rights", and it turned out to be the best picture.

Moreover, the strength of "Instantaneous Universe" to promote equal rights is not too radical, it is still catering to white society, the focus is reflected in the role of the daughter in the film, the body, the face, and its way of acting, all catering to the appreciation of white people, this short and fat and rebellious character, how to look at it is the standard stereotype of white impression, it seems that Chinese children should be like this. If the actor, who is ugly in the eyes of the Chinese, changes to the Chinese-language film and television industry, it is estimated that he will not even pass the interview opportunity in the first-line production. Therefore, this film is ostensibly to highlight the strength and indomitability of Chinese women, but the root is still kitsch, flattering white society.

However, at present, if "Instantaneous Universe" wins the best picture of this year's Oscar in one fell swoop, Chinese audiences should not be surprised. Michelle Yeoh also has the possibility of winning the Oscar in one fell swoop, only the "big devil" Cate Blanchett is comparable.

Next, let's talk about what story is "Black Panther 2" telling?

"Black Panther" tells the story of equal rights for blacks in the United States, and focuses on the story of black internal struggle for power, with Black Panther PK Golden Leopard as the core of the conflict. If "Black Panther 2" wants to upgrade the story, it must step out of the black category and expand the story outward.

So, how to expand?

The answer given by "Black Panther 2" is to pull Latinas in: black PK Latina, Black Panther vs Namo.

In the United States, blacks and Latinos together constitute the two major vulnerable groups in American society, blacks need equal rights, and Latinos are also actively seeking more rights and demanding equal rights.

"Black Panther 2" then packaged these two vulnerable groups, which is said to be feasible, and it is not good to unite the two vulnerable groups and pursue progress together.

However, the core of the story of "Black Panther" is the fight within the black people, Black Panther PK Golden Panther. Following the creative ideas of the first part, "Black Panther 2" changed from the black fight in the first part to the fight between black and Latin. (The third part, presumably blacks and Latinos uniting against whites.) ）

However, the model in which the first film was a great success did not prove to be able to be continued, and there was no guarantee that the second part would still be useful. After all, the story of the first part is a bit of a "self-black" mode, Black Panther PK Golden Leopard, black against black, this way the black themselves seem acceptable. Just like the character played by Chris Tucker in "Rush Hour" can shout "Nigo" to black people, but when Jackie Chan also shouts like this, it can't be done and is beaten. This is "I can hack myself, but you can't hack me".

In any case, remember the Wakanda in "Black Panther 1/2", regardless of whether it is located in Africa or not, as long as you know that it is just a metaphor, an ideal country at the level of black thinking. And the country of Talocan, where the villain Namor is located in "Black Panther 2", is said to be the disappeared Atlantis in the original comics, and Namo's weapon is the trident of the sea god Poseidon, and in the movie version, Namor is set as a Latin, representing Mayan culture, in fact, it is also a metaphor, that is, the metaphor of Latinos in the United States, and the underwater kingdom in the film is their spiritual kingdom.

But the problem is that "Black Panther" talks about the history of black equality, at least black Americans will care, will pay for tickets to see, because it is "politically correct". And "Black Panther 2" will how blacks and Latins PK, the result is embarrassing, blacks do not car, Latins do not care. Audiences outside the U.S. are even more careless. Why? Is it because it is not "politically correct" enough?

Yes and no.

Discussing black equality in isolation is very politically correct. Discussing Latino equality alone is also politically correct. However, the United States is a divided society, blacks are blacks, Latinos are Latins, you have to match the two, let these two groups come together, but also conflict, fight, this is not "politically correct" enough.

So, Panther PK Namo, did not please either the blacks or the Latins. The story routine that worked in the first part did not work in the second part.

"Black Panther 2" for the upgrade of "Black Panther" has risen to a loneliness and an embarrassment. The embarrassment of capital letters, how does not fall well. The horse fart was not photographed in position, it was photographed on the horse's hooves, and the "political correctness" was not filmed well, and as a result, it stepped on the back, whether it was box office or word of mouth, it all came down.

What's more embarrassing is that "Black Panther" plus "Captain America 3" and "Avengers 3/4", several films down, so bad to push the role of "Black Panther" out. As a result, with the death of actor Boseman, "Black Panther 2" had to be reinvented, spending a lot of space to reshape a new version of "Female Black Panther", which greatly diluted the originally compact story line of "Black Panther 2" and became dull as water. The outline of the villain Namor is far from enough, to add insult to injury, Namor is a superhero in the Avengers in the original work, not a villain at all, in order to have a story to tell in the Marvel Universe later, and finally had to whitewash Namomo, which caused the positive and negative conflicts to be more flat.

Count the same thing, "Black Panther 2" has nothing left, and the advantages are far less than the disadvantages. Hitting the streets is almost inevitable. In China, it is even more inevitable.

Marvel has not entered China for a long time, and as a result, it is not easy to enter one, and the front is actually "Black Panther 2", which is really too self-aware.

For "Black Panther 2", which is so embarrassed that his toes hurt, he can only say "deserve"!

However, "Black Panther 2" is not useless, at least Angela Besett, who plays Black Panther's mother, is very eye-catching, and her aura is super powerful, it is hard to imagine that this is the temperament of a 64 actress.

Angela Besett's performance is extremely exciting, which makes her very likely to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress with this film. She has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and then won the Oscar, and at present, other competitors are relatively weak, and she has the greatest probability of winning.

I hope that the Queen of Wakanda can win the award and become the third actor to win the award for his anime image after two Oscar performance awards in a row by Heath Ledger version of the Joker and Jacques Phoenix version of the Joker.