SHANG CHI ACTOR ANGRY AT DISNEY CEO MOVIE

Marvel’s second Black-centered cinema was Disney +’s “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” where the storytelling focuses on the consequences of being Black in America and the undeserved and unwarranted suffering of that identity. In addition to featuring a Black cast, the film also had critically acclaimed director, Ryan Coogler, create a story that Black people of all diasporas could relate to.

“Black Panther” was the first film in the Marvel universe to be Black-led and center Blackness. This film focuses on a combination of cultural elements that remind the characters to never forget who they are and the people who came before. Mandarin Chinese is the first language spoken in the film and is in a fair amount of the dialogue throughout the film, making clear that director Destin Daniel Cretton desired to put an emphasis on the importance of languages other than English.Īfter “Black Panther” and “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” became the third Marvel film to have actors of color lead the film, while also creating a story that is thematically tailored to their culture. After all, the superhero genre has historically been a white power fantasy as Marvel has historically pursued films that center whiteness. Actor Simu Liu, who plays Shang-Chi in the film, noted in an interview with IMDB that representation is important within the Marvel franchise, which is dominated by white superheroes. Shang-Chi isn’t the first Asian American Marvel hero – that title belongs to Wong in “Doctor Strange,” but he is the first Asian-American lead of a Marvel film.

SHANG CHI ACTOR ANGRY AT DISNEY CEO MOVIE

Yes, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is a Marvel movie at its surface, but its uniqueness and depth lies in the fact that it feels like an international film, separating it from other Marvel films in the cinematic universe.

Shang chi actor angry at disney ceo