Yes, This Is Your King: ‘Black Panther’ Should Be Best Picture

as declared in Poor Bradley Cooper, poor Ethan Hawke, poor Crazy Rich Asians, poor Claire Foy, poor Barry Jenkins, poor Emily Blunt, poor Paddington 2. This is a thing where I talk you into Black Panther for Best Picture. "They holdin' spears." That's a little thing called "world-building." Black Panther kicks off with an exposition-dense animated sequence that lays out, well, a comic-book origin story: vibranium, Wakanda, the five tribes, the Heart-Shaped Herb, the Black Panther. What makes Black Panther Oscar worthy is the way it never loses its heart or its brain amid all the usually mindless spectacle. One explanation for why the Oscars proposed that Achievement in Popular Film award and then sheepishly rescinded it is that Black Panther embodied that idea to such a degree that it was instantly rendered obsolete.

The women of 'Black Panther' are empowered not just in politics and war, but also in love

"Black Panther" spoilers ahead. Black Panther" enjoyed a record-setting four-day opening weekend, earning a whopping $235 million at the box office. Even the harshest critics of the film commend "Black Panther" for its gender politics. They are strategic opponents in battle, saving the life of Black Panther T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) several times over. "Black Panther" contains powerful messages about gender roles based on how Wakandan women navigate life and love.

How 'Black Panther' Got Its Gorgeous Afrocentric Hair

as mentioned in In "Black Panther," the audience first gets to know King T'Challa's mother, Ramonda, played by Angela Bassett, when her hair is covered in a series of headdresses, the height and stateliness of which are befitting to a queen mother. After the film's climax, in a moment of both existential and emotional vulnerability, the queen's hair emerges. "That was intentional," said Camille Friend, the head of the "Black Panther" hair department. "In her day-to-day, Ramonda was regal." And Ryan Coogler, the film's director, she said, "really wanted to show a transition. He wanted her to be more regular looking to show that they were going through a hard time."Much of "Black Panther" occurs in the fictional, incomprehensibly wealthy and technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda.

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