Honestly, Princess Shuri is my favorite character in the BP universe. I find her to be a positive, refreshing challenge to the bitch/ho' representations of black females so prevalent in mainstream cinema.

Tossing aside all the racist/sexist mess that still seems to go with many of our American ideas of what makes a hero, why wouldn't she be a worthy successor to you-know-who?

And finally, this is not to mislead anyone--it's just an observation--I find Letitia Wright to be cute.

@CelluloidFan said:

Honestly, Princess Shuri is my favorite character in the BP universe. I find her to be a positive, refreshing challenge to the bitch/ho' representations of black females so prevalent in mainstream cinema.

Tossing aside all the racist/sexist mess that still seems to go with many of our American ideas of what makes a hero, why wouldn't she be a worthy successor to you know who?

And finally, this is not to mislead anyone--it's just an observation--I find Letitia Wright to be cute.

Shuri was my favorite part/character of, in my opinion, a very boring movie.

I'm with you on that, believe it or not. Even a pretty damn good cast can turn out a leaden film. Everyone's pretty much S.A.F. (stiff as fuck) in the first one. I loved the characters T'Chaka, Shuri, and definitely Killmonger. Kill made me laugh, he made me cry... here's hoping he shows up in this one.

@Damienracer said:

@bratface said:

@CelluloidFan said:

Honestly, Princess Shuri is my favorite character in the BP universe. I find her to be a positive, refreshing challenge to the bitch/ho' representations of black females so prevalent in mainstream cinema.

Tossing aside all the racist/sexist mess that still seems to go with many of our American ideas of what makes a hero, why wouldn't she be a worthy successor to you know who?

And finally, this is not to mislead anyone--it's just an observation--I find Letitia Wright to be cute.

Shuri was my favorite part/character of, in my opinion, a very boring movie.

Wow. Just for curiousity no malice intended what was interesting about her?

I know that wasn't addressed to me, but--if I may--Shuri's scientific/technological prowess and obvious intelligence are what make her so interesting to me. I believe her to be a very positive role model for young black girls who may find no solace in representations of wanton, nasty, (non-physically) ugly, self-loathing, betraying and even "bitchified" black women that are so familiar to us in cinema.

The trick to this kind of thinking is, with films with all or nearly all-black casts, a so-called negative black character may be required. And that character may be a black female. But... you get me or not?

@Damienracer said:

@bratface said:

@CelluloidFan said:

Honestly, Princess Shuri is my favorite character in the BP universe. I find her to be a positive, refreshing challenge to the bitch/ho' representations of black females so prevalent in mainstream cinema.

Tossing aside all the racist/sexist mess that still seems to go with many of our American ideas of what makes a hero, why wouldn't she be a worthy successor to you know who?

And finally, this is not to mislead anyone--it's just an observation--I find Letitia Wright to be cute.

Shuri was my favorite part/character of, in my opinion, a very boring movie.

Wow. Just for curiousity no malice intended what was interesting about her?

Because she was smart & funny. It's been a while since I've seen it & I only watched it once. But the character really stood out for me.

BTW, when I wrote "bitchified" up above, I was referencing a certain black intellectual who's not with us anymore. I believe she meant it to be about women who've basically been turned by social conditioning into bitches....