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Its primarily set in Wakanda, described in onscreen news accounts as Africas poorest country.
(Trump would have choice words about Wakandan immigration.)
But the poverty turns out to be surface deep, literally.
But their worldview is about to be brutally tested.
Moreover, the panther isnt some random superalter ego.
Hes TChallas spirit animal.
That meeting is uneasy, though.
TChaka has secrets that are going to come back and bite Black Panther on the ass.
Maybe it was worth the wait to get the character right onscreen.
For one thing, Coogler hasnt explicitly connected him to the tiring Marvel superhero stable.
Men quail before her.
Black Panther gives her a wide berth.
Everything in her affect says uncontainable.
The mix of Afrocentrism, feminism, and high-tech gadgetry is irresistible.
Militancy that ushers in chaos is no solution.
Plus, you dont put a race war at the center of a potentially billion-dollar property.
Winston Duke is wonderfully imperious as MBaku, as the leader of a rival tribe.
As for Boseman, he is simply magnetic.
He gives this busy enterprise its grave, thoughtful center.
How much better can a guy be?
