Given how diverse the Panther movies were, how could anyone, let alone Marvel game designers, know if it was OK for a huwhite m*le to culturally appropriate a totes real African nation's salute?
And it worked. Wakanda became a massive cultural hit that everybody now recognizes and is embedded deep enough to be randomly referenced all over the place.
Its probably one of the most impactful MCU movies in terms of staying power out there simply through sheer force of pushed narratives and forced virality.
Given how diverse the Panther movies were, how could anyone, let alone Marvel game designers, know if it was OK for a huwhite m*le to culturally appropriate a totes real African nation's salute?
I would argue black panther is super cringey to any aside from black people who believe they were the ancient Egyptians/Greeks/Vikings etc
I’m not surprised some handshake has that opinion.
And it worked. Wakanda became a massive cultural hit that everybody now recognizes and is embedded deep enough to be randomly referenced all over the place.
Its probably one of the most impactful MCU movies in terms of staying power out there simply through sheer force of pushed narratives and forced virality.
And Rotten Tomatoes including it in all of its top 100 lists of 'all time best movies evah'.
It may be a cultural touchstone but it seems to be used sarcastically more than it is used positively.
In fact the positive uses are hilariously cringy.
Nick Fury was blackwashed.
David Hasselhoff is the real Nick Fury.
You say Tomayto, I say Tomahto.
It's that generic a "salute" Deadpool did it for his X-Force team in Deadpool 2.
Diversity was always code for anti-white and anti-male. They want your toys but will jealously guard their own. Very similar to feminists.