Future Africanism
What would it be like if Africa had experienced the destruction of war, colonization, hunger and poverty, but had survived and developed in a certain way. With good expectations for the future, we saw such an illusory country in the description of "Black Panther", a golden fairyland deep in the dense forest.
Chadwick Boseman plays T'Challa, also known as the Black Panther. After his father was killed in the "Captain America: Civil War", he returned to the fictional African country Wakanda and became the king. The story of the film mainly revolves around Wakanda's domestic struggle for royal power, and also discusses the moral responsibilities of advanced countries in the international society and their roles under the influence of the refugee crisis. Only this time, the aid recipients became aiders.
T'Challa, who regained power, finally decided to realize his uncle's will and share the country's advanced technology and resources with the world. This is of great significance for subverting the stereotype of African countries .
Afrofuturism.
From the plot, the Panthers did not bring too much new ideas to the audience. But the setting and aesthetic thinking deeply rooted in African culture gave this film a landmark artistic philosophy. ———— Afrofuturism. It is undeniable that the Black Panther is the best example of "African Futurism" in recent years.
In Black Panther’s novel, Wakanda is a country that has not been influenced by the West at any time in history and is not affected by any particular African national culture. It represents the Pan-African people’s The historical process unfolds. An uninjured, confident and powerful dream home.
The term "Afrofuturism" first appeared in a 44-page article "Black to the Future" published by the cultural critic Mark Dery in 1993. Since the 1950s, it has been regarded as "African Futurism". The "originator" American jazz musician Sun Ra first absorbed the ancient African influences in his music and performances, creating a new image space.
Putting the black race at the center of the future world, leaving the common traditional and backward victim role, imagines the future of mankind from the perspective of African descent. Across music, design, and literature, it superimposes traditional African culture with futuristic technological elements.
Afrofuturism Art
This is a narrative method that has never appeared in Marvel and Hollywood, or you can think of him as the ultimate evolution of years of political correctness in the United States. The black king views the international order from a peaceful perspective, without resistance or sadness, and appears as an equal posture that is neither humble nor humble. In the international world.
| Joy and Joy in Chauvinism
|
In another world in parallel time and space, almost at the same time that the Black Panthers were released in the United States, a performance called "Joy and Joy" went to the other extreme of the African narrative.
If it is said that this year’s Spring Festival Gala is unbearable, this performance is the point where I can’t help but grab the remote control and curse someone to shut it down.
On the one hand, you can feel the original intention of the screenwriters trying to promote the Sino-African friendship, on the other hand, the creators within the system or the public "unconscious racism", let go of aesthetics (the Spring Festival Gala also has no aesthetics to say) as the most noticed in Chinese culture The annual stage of political correctness has produced such a controversial show after passing through many levels. It can also be seen that domestic creators are unfamiliar with this topic and far away from the mainstream world.
In the skit, the "Blackface" in which Chinese actresses painted their faces black and deliberately enlarged their hips to play black people has long been a recognized taboo against discrimination in most Western countries. And an African-American performer dressed up as a monkey. . . With a little bit of reversal of roles, imagine that a white Hollywood actor pretends to be a yellow man with a single eyelid and talks about things (refer to Gigi). You should be able to discover how uncomfortable this arrangement is.
When netizens disdain that some directors focus on shooting closed and backward Chinese rural films to win awards in foreign countries, why does our official/popular culture want to satisfy some of our feelings in this way? Although I can understand the internal political tasks of the creators on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the actress kept yelling: "I love Chinese! I love China!" "Non-malicious" racial consciousness is produced only by eulogizing nationalism . But today, when "African Futurism" is on the mainstream stage, with the mentality of a savior and the identity of the benefactor of the great power, stereotypes are used without any shy to move out of the African continent by tribal dancers and animals to "masquerade" the African continent , resulting in an extranet explosion. The pot is counterproductive, and I don't know whether it is not good at learning or not care.
Finally, thank you "Black Panther" for letting us earn a TDE album, gathering African artists from all over the world, Kung Fu Kenny sits and produces it, you know it'sa banger babe.
.
————————
From the public: Red Eye Flight
Learn more about youth culture
fancy and chill
View more about Black Panther reviews
