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90scartoonman

Reaction to Black Superheroes From Actual Black Folks

Jul 13, 2008 23:43

I haven't ranted about fictional black characters in a while, and something daffy_dork showed me made me want to do this.

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90scartoonman July 16 2008, 05:50:28 UTC

Yeah, something tells me he's more of a Marvel flawed-hero type than a DC iconic-hero type. Although maybe he's invented his own category, the crap hero.

weatherman2111 July 14 2008, 05:53:10 UTC

Steel bombed, Catwoman bombed miserably, and the Blade movies, while rocking overall, weren't huge summer blockbusters. Hancock is, so it's certainly a landmark event.....I think.

90scartoonman July 16 2008, 05:51:26 UTC

Or will it just be forgotten the next time Will Smith does a 4th of July blockbuster? I don't see Hancock having staying power, at least the comic book characters were around before and after their movies.

mattzimmer July 14 2008, 18:31:36 UTC

Puffy is an idiot. There's a reason The Boondocks comic strip (which really geeked out on Superheroes and sci-fi overall) knocked him around mercilessly.

90scartoonman July 16 2008, 05:52:02 UTC

Ha ha, I love to see him get his due. I'm not a regular reader of Boondocks, what kinds of things do they say about him?

mattzimmer July 16 2008, 14:48:24 UTC

My favorite bit was Ceaser asking Huey who he found most annoying "Puffy or-". Huey cuts him off and says "Puffy, no question". And Ceaser tells him he didn't let him finish and Huey says "You don't need to. There isn't a single person alive who is more obnoxious or annoying than Puffy." Ceaser asks him again to let him finish the question and Huey relents. Ceaser asks "Who is more annoying, Puffy or the little white girl from the Pepsi commercials?" and Huey responds "Okay, let me think ( ... )

90scartoonman July 19 2008, 02:25:44 UTC

Those are awesome!

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90scartoonman July 16 2008, 05:54:57 UTC

Yeah, that part was messed up, but it's funny. He's pretty much saying that you can only look up to heroes that are like you. White people can only like white heroes, black people can only like black heroes, and dogs are the only ones who like Underdog.

I can sort of see Diddy's point of view. He, unfortunately, embraces that black stereotype (which is one of the reasons I think he makes a lousy role model), and since Hancock also fit that stereotype, it just means that he's "keeping it real". And that's, apparently, how you make a black superhero.