Is Idlewild the last depression-era black movie we’ve gotten?
I enjoy the 1920s-1930s as a setting in fiction.
That's why I always loved shows like the Jeffersons, 227, the Cosbys, (before the scandals were known), Martin and Living Single - shows with entrepreneurs/CEOs that offered different tales. Family Matters, Raven, Harvey, Sister Sister, Mr. Cooper, Different World. I'm aging myself but still. These shows would touch on such topics you mention without having to be *about* those topics.
(And yes I watched all these show cause until George Lopez came around, all we had was ¿Qué Pasa, USA?, and that wasn't cutting it.)
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"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
Buuuut....
Sunspot??
Gentle doesn't stay powered up all the time+I think his Wakandan upbringing lends more to him being reserved.
Maggot doesn't have lame powers! I think his slug digestive system is pretty cool+ I liked how brash he is
Darwin, yes he is inhumanly figured but hardly freakish+he got with M sooo
Totally give you that on Triage +you forgot Prodigy
Sooo yes Gentle, Triage, Prodigy, Darwin,Synch are written as reserved, good natured etc?...
I guess this is an attempt be 'progressive' since writers/editors or whoever grew up watching tv/reading with a clunky urban tough/angry black dude among the cast
Synch's mutagenic rainbow Aura is Awesome...Bruuuh this is to too 2 two True!!
There's been plenty of examples of a series/team being good compelling with a cast that boasts redundant powers...my fav example of this is Grant Morrison's New X-Men run
Um so are a lot of Black people
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I'm sure it's been said already but it bears repeating, not enough Black writers doing X-books if there ever were any.
No Netflix had one with Mary J Blige and I want to say Jason Mitchell was in it. Mudbound.
How did that work out for Black Panther since 2016?I'm sure it's been said already but it bears repeating, not enough Black writers doing X-books if there ever were any.
How did that work for Cyborg at DC?
Or Static in New 52? Now his black person was an editor before he got one for the last 2 issues.
Chuck Clayton on Riverdale?
I don't trust all black writers. I have seen black men DESTROYED at the hands of black writers.
This is what happens when your writers are DIVERSE. You had folks of different races on all those shows. In some cases like Cosby Show-one guy lead the direction.That's why I always loved shows like the Jeffersons, 227, the Cosbys, (before the scandals were known), Martin and Living Single - shows with entrepreneurs/CEOs that offered different tales. Family Matters, Raven, Harvey, Sister Sister, Mr. Cooper, Different World. I'm aging myself but still. These shows would touch on such topics you mention without having to be *about* those topics.
Here is some A Different World Trivia
"Mammy Dearest" In the wake of her breakup with Dwayne, Whitley organizes an exhibit on images of black women through history, but Kim is troubled by the inclusion of "Mammy" artifacts. Lena discovers that one of Whitley's black antebellum ancestors owned slaves.
Dean Cain's episode on that show.
White writers.
Find writers who can do the job regardless of race. Because there are some black writers I would NEVER want them to touch any black male in X-Men let alone Marvel or DC or Milestone or any comic book company.
Tyler Perry is number one on that list.
With a name like Synch... ain't happenin' chief. Tbh I always thought Synch was lame. I don't really care about his power potential either because how powerful a character is was never really something that drew me to a character. For me Bishop been cool from the jump and was immediately interested in his character. For one, Bishop is a cool ass name. Just look at any other character in fiction named Bishop... the cop in Assault on Precinct 13, 2Pac in Juice, the android in Aliens... all interesting characters. I know Bishop gets criticism for his early appearances as being just another "angry black man" with a few screws loose, but you know what, so was I... sometimes lol. I'd even go as far to say 90s Bishop is my favorite interpretation of the character.
Aaand you just summed up what I was saying way better. Thanks.
Bad MFer Bishop with the curl and the wallet that says Bad MFer on it in the 90s was the man.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
The dreads were money...
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I always liked that Maggot was a completely unapologetic weirdo.
The way he looked, talked, acted, and his powers where all just so strange and foreign that even characters that had been aroudn the world and back several times just kinda looked at him and went "... what?"
I always like a good weirdo character, but I admit that they can be a hard sell.
Is the name the problem? If they gave Sync another name, do you think you'd like the guy better?
For me personally, the name is just part of the problem. I mean if you take a look at the most popular X-characters the thing that stands out is that their names/codenames are pretty cool for the most part, they just roll off the tongue. Wolverine, Storm, Gambit, and to a lesser extent, Cyclops. Synch probably would've been better off without the code name. I think out of all the Generation X kids minus Jubilee, Monet was probably the one that stood out to me. Yeah she had a silly codename too(M) and she goes by Penance(better still don't like it tho), but I'll always refer to her as Monet.
Another thing is that I rarely ever take a liking to the younger mutants or heroes in general. That's just a thing with me though.
1,000 percent this disagree with this, You know better than anyone else bunch of these things aren't real attempts. Batman will get back to back God creative teams, Cyborg will get Ivan Reis for an arc then trash artists for the rest of the time. Static in the new 52 had one of the quick hooks I have ever seen. Black Panther actual sold well with Coates but again were was the attempts to bring in great artists as well. I have rarely seen a project with a black character handle well the lone exceptions have Bendis projects Miles and Naomi, and I guess you can put his Luke Cage in that mix. And that happens because he(Bendis) has level control that rarely afford to black creators and he always back up with great talent and he knows he has a long leash to work with it so he can develop his character slow. Seriously Naomi doesn't have a superhero name yet that how much leash he has that can build his characters for multiple issues without set superhero name.
Characters get destroyed in hands of white writers all the time as well. Tom King did a hatch job on Wally West but he did so with amazing art and full support of DC. Point me out a Black Writer "destroying" a black character doing that? Then we can have a real convo.