So, this happened…
Congrats to the entire #blackpanther team! Because of you, young people will finally see superheroes that look like them on the big screen. I loved this movie and I know it will inspire people of all backgrounds to dig deep and find the courage to be heroes of their own stories.
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) February 19, 2018
… followed by the inevitable butwutabaud from a well-paid wingnut…
Michelle Obama says it's about time black kids have a superhero that reflects who they are. Why didn't we hear this when Halle Berry as Catwoman was released years ago? #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/roLhfLAZgz
— DC McAllister (@McAllisterDen) February 22, 2018
… which was not well received:
As one of the credited writers of CATWOMAN, I believe I have the authority to say: because it was a shit movie dumped by the studio at the end of a style cycle, and had zero cultural relevance either in front of or behind the camera.
This is a bad take. Feel shame. https://t.co/6sth7w38Xx
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
Yeah, John Rogers is the guy responsible for the Crazification Factor (also Leverage, and many other things):
1/ What the hell is going on with this CATWOMAN tweet? There are *articles* on the @EW and a half dozen other sites about me “admitting” the movie was bad. Like it was a secret. Like I hadn’t confessed I was on the grassy knoll before now.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 25, 2018
4/ My name was on an infamous failure, and then a movie that made hundreds of millions of $ and launched a franchise.
And my life did not change a BIT. I was still writing for a living. Still doing good work I cared about.
It was a valuable lesson.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 25, 2018
6/ Sadly, that’s the lesson I wish got 40k RT’s but won’t: do the work. Do your best. Get back up. Move on when it sucks.
Life is short, make something. Make a LOT of somethings. Some of them might actually be what somebody, somewhere, didn’t even know they needed.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 25, 2018
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Apart from that, what’s on the agenda as we plan for the upcoming week?
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Some more Black Panther links, because why not:
Sunday Morning Open Thread: “Life Is Short. Make Something.”Post + Comments (166)