r/movies Feb 17 '18

YMS - Black Panther

https://youtu.be/urBtAEObqoQ
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 17 '18

Why did he just say that the general public don't consider Best Picture winners 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight "important" films?

That's just a wrong statement.

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u/JangoAllTheWay Feb 17 '18

Compare the reaction to Moonlight to that of Blade Runner 2049, especially on Reddit

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u/Khaos3118 Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 17 '18

I know! My 'Chiron is a replicant' fan theory post went no where, but the post on how Blade Runner 2049 is an allegory for the struggles of closeted gay black men living in American ghettos took off like gangbusters!

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u/sgthombre Feb 17 '18

My 'Chiron is a replicant' fan theory post went no where

...perhaps I should give Moonlight another watch

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

I'm pretty sure the bully was an anti replicant activist trying to out him as an inhuman creation of unethical science and neocolonialism.