Black Panther is Dead

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Chadwick Boseman, star of “Black Panther,” died on Friday after a four year battle with colon cancer, his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 43.

Before he was cast as the Marvel Studios superhero, Boseman’s career first exploded with his portrayals of Black American icons Jackie Robinson (in 2013’s “42”) and James Brown (in 2014’s “Get on Up”).

“It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman,” said a statement posted to his Twitter feed. “It was the honor of his life to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.”

Although Boseman never spoke publicly about his diagnosis, according the statement, he worked through his treatment for much of his career, starting when he played another Black American icon, NAACP lawyer and future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, in 2017’s “Marshall” — a year before the premiere of “Black Panther.” Boseman most recently appeared in the Spike Lee’s Vietnam War drama “Da 5 Bloods,” and this year he’s due to appear opposite Viola Davis “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a feature adaptation of the August Wilson play, directed by George C. Wolfe.

Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige first announced that Boseman had been cast as T’Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther, on Oct. 28, 2014, at a splashy press presentation of the studio’s upcoming slate. He won wide praise for his first appearance as the character in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” which only made expectations for the impending debut of “Black Panther” — the first-ever Marvel Studios movie headlined by a Black actor — that much greater.

Boseman, at least outwardly, shouldered them with ease — even after the film shattered box office records when it debuted in Feb. 2018. “Black Panther” grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide, forever exposing the pernicious untruth in Hollywood that movies with predominantly Black casts won’t gross well overseas.

Boseman is survived by his wife and family.
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death by colon cancer
 
Gut Pile

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You fuckers are almost too young to worry about it but get your fucking assholes checked if you have a family history + its a good idea to get checked for lynch syndrome if you do have a family history. Shitty way to go and really by the time they diagnose it you are fucked anyway.
 
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devanir said:
I might be bothered to finally watch Black Panther.
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Nah, not really.
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It's an alright film. In terms of 'woke', it has pretty much the same problem as every other time capeshit gets political, namely that the political allegory starts falling apart once more fantastic elements are introduced. I'd rate it better than X-men though considering that the allegory there relies on the oppressed race having the capability to destroy the planet overnight.
Ultimately, I'd say that it has the same problem Captain America does in a different capacity. The politics of your average Captain America story are dumbed down by Cap having to be right about everything which ends up making the debate seem stupid. Wakanda has to be the perfect utopia where barely anything goes wrong, so once the flaws become apparent, they seem so damn small that you couldn't care less about the debate being had because Wakanda is literally perfect either way.
 
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