© 2017 - Disney/Marvel StudiosI took some time yesterday to see Black Panther for a second time, specifically to sample the new-ish ScreenX format. Of course, I made the trip partially because I wanted to see Black Panther again (I would have seen Black Panther in theaters a third time if I could…). Without casting intentional blame, and acknowledging that there is perhaps a pressure to make sure the women warriors are super-duper empowering, the end result is a bunch of “fierce” women warriors who end up feeding into a kind of “women can’t be funny” meta-commentary. This character alone would have made Black Panther something of a marvel for these kinds of movies. Heck, too many female-led flicks are so afraid of deflating their women warriors that they don’t let the women in on the joke alongside their male co-stars.

Source: Forbes February 21, 2018 19:07 UTC