Current Events > Never forget that Black Panther was CIA propaganda

(+) Yeah! (+)

There's nothing progressive about it.

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Well no he beat Killmonger

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Wait... Wakanda isnt real?

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ImAMarvel posted...

As much as I love the movie, that shit was kind of eyebrow raising. lol

I haven't seen it. Why do you say this?

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This feels like the people who clearly didn't watch more than 20 minutes trying to claim it was pro-wall.

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The villain was written in a way to discredit revolutionary thoughts and action. The CIA are portrayed positively and were involved in the making of the movie, despite the CIA having a history of actively working against black causes and destabilising black nations.

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wakanda bullshit is this?

nah, but seriously, what the hell?? lol

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36303327

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Dreamscissors posted...

The villain was written in a way to discredit revolutionary thoughts and action. The CIA are portrayed positively and were involved in the making of the movie, despite the CIA having a history of actively working against black causes and destabilising black nations.

The CIA has done some bad things in the past, but in present day they are a force for good and serve the interests of the American people.

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ImAMarvel posted...

There's a CIA character in the movie that's portrayed pretty positively.

...okay? >_>

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DifferentialEquation posted...

The CIA has done some bad things in the past, but in present day they are a force for good and serve the interests of the American people.

Lmao

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I thought it kinda did a racial role reversal.

Shine an African race as one with superior intellect and resources, and managing their own exclusivity, while demonstrating with all that power they're not out to leverage themselves against anyone. Just live in their own peace.

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Dreamscissors posted...

The villain was written in a way to discredit revolutionary thoughts and action.

that's right, they gave him psychopathic tendencies because otherwise he would be the hero

with anti-imperialist, anti colonial views and his goal being worldwide black liberation

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Weren't people saying it was pro-nationalism?

Paper_Okami posted...

that's right, they gave him psychopathic tendencies because otherwise he would be the hero

with anti-imperialist, anti colonial views and his goal being worldwide black liberation

Exactly.

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Very correct observation.

It's been discussed by a lot of black empowerment accounts on Twitter

https://twitter.com/ShameenYakubu/status/1254112678483652608?s=20

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coh posted...

pro-nationalism?

black nationalism is VERY

different from white nationalism

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All nationalism is bad.

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I have not done as much reading on the CIA/FBI's history with the Black Panthers as I should, but Martin Freeman's part in the movie was weird to me.

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White national is about racism, and supremacy
Black nationalism is about empowerment and libertarian of oppressed people

saying they are the same is just pure ignorance

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FortuneCookie posted...

All nationalism is bad.

Not black nationalism.

It's much needed.

I'm a Pan-African.

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Talk about reaching.

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JuanCarlos1 posted...

Talk about reaching.

How is it a reach?

It's literally what happens.

And the CIA's history of covert operations against sovereign nations around the world is well documented and historical.

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Paper_Okami posted...

black nationalism is VERY

different from white nationalism

Not really.

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Talk about reaching.

Plenty of movies involve literal army propaganda. Transformers is a popular one to criticize because it's so obvious once you look for it.
Here's a list of movies paid for and approved by the US Department of Defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-entertainment_complex

• Air Force One (1997)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Goldfinger (1964) - Thunderball (1965 - end scene with plane lent by Intermountain Aviation) - Licence to Kill (1989)
• I Am Legend (2007)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Iron Man (2008) - Iron Man 2 (2010)
• The Jackal (1997)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• The Karate Kid Part II (1986) - The Next Karate Kid (1994)
• King Kong (2005)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Transformers (2007) - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• True Lies (1994)

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Just now learning about this.

https://twitter.com/CIA/status/1099837630534086657?s=19


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DuranOfForcena posted...

i've never seen Black Panther and don't intend to, but damn, this is eye-opening

In what way?

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Yeah, a lot of big budget Hollywood movies suck the government's teat.

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ChocoboMog123 posted...

Plenty of movies involve literal army propaganda. Transformers is a popular one to criticize because it's so obvious once you look for it.
Here's a list of movies paid for and approved by the US Department of Defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-entertainment_complex
* Air Force One (1997)
* Apollo 13 (1995)
* Armageddon (1998)
* Batman & Robin (1997)
* Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
* Black Hawk Down (2001)
* Deep Impact (1998)
* Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
* Godzilla (1998)
* Goldfinger (1964) - Thunderball (1965 - end scene with plane lent by Intermountain Aviation) - Licence to Kill (1989)
* I Am Legend (2007)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
* Iron Man (2008) - Iron Man 2 (2010)
* The Jackal (1997)
* Jurassic Park III (2001)
* The Karate Kid Part II (1986) - The Next Karate Kid (1994)
* King Kong (2005)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
* Last Action Hero (1993)
* Top Gun (1986)
* Transformers (2007) - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
* True Lies (1994)

I don't know about Black Hawk Down being in there. It's pretty critical of how poorly the military handled the raid, how strange and generally unhelpful the US involvement in Somalia was, and shows several of the troops using slurs referring to the Somalis. I mean it's not a complete take down of the situation like Platoon and Full Metal Jacket but it's certainly short of a full on propaganda film like John Wayne's movies were.

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* King Kong (2005)

Actually, the military were the bad guys. They even cut a propaganda speech from an officer from the theatrical release. I believe it's on the extended version though. King Kong movies have a weird way of fetishizing anti-military sentiment; especially Skull Island and King Kong Lives.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

The CIA has done some bad things in the past, but in present day they are a force for good and serve the interests of the American people.

I'm sure the CIA make all of their actions public knowledge so you can assure they are only doing good.

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it was?

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