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by Brentin Mock
PITTSBURGH — When the Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther” opens this Friday, there will be an African drum ensemble greeting patrons as they enter the SouthSide Works Cinema theater and a post-screening Afro-futurism-themed party at the Ace Hotel. Around the country, it has sparked lectures and academic panel discussions sponsored by universities and churches, and even the AARP is getting in on the “Black Panther” action by scheduling screenings in major cities.
Far
and wide, African-Americans are treating “Black Panther” as both
holiday and policy proposal, setting it up to affect Hollywood and
African-American culture in a way that goes beyond box-office returns.
This will be the first standalone movie for the Black Panther
character in the Marvel cinematic universe, which includes “Iron Man,”
“Thor,” “Spiderman” and dozens of other superheroes from the nearly
80-year-old comics powerhouse.
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Source: NBC News
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