Learning absolutely nothing from the complete disaster that was Coming 2 America, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier FAWS head writer Malcolm Spellman gleefully went on and on in a recent interview with Variety how they were going to pointedly address “race” and “Nationalism” in the series.
Because that’s what Marvel fans yearn for in their entertainment, identity politics.
Here are some choice quotes from Spellman:
When asked about why they introduced some ridiculous story-line about the government trying to force the issue of a new “white” Captain America:
“Oh, it is. [Laughs] I think this is going to be an extremely relevant show in a lot of ways, and that is not by accident. The magic of embracing diversity in the writers room and having an almost all-Black staff allows you to tap into pop culture. I mean, Black folk are the masters of it, and when we get a shot, to do what we do, it is universal for everyone because our struggle and our point of view is a concentrated version of the greater human struggle. So it is yeah, those moments you’re talking about are pointed, and we dig deeper and deeper and deeper as the series progresses.”
“to do what we do”.
….Right. Because apparently “black people” have some universal thing that they do. Spoiler alert…this is a lie. Never mind the fact that over the entire run of the cinematic MCU there was never any indication that the government gave a fig what color the superheroes were. Well, I didn’t watch Black Panther, I wouldn’t be surprised if they injected that crap in there.
When asked about why they interjected the tired trope of a black man having a hard time getting a bank loan:
“Adam, it’s funny. Every single person I’m sitting with went crazy over that scene. It satisfied something very deep for people. What’s a trip is when we got to that moment, and that question came about naturally, the entire Marvel structure chimed in. That was a really, really fun moment, where what was supposed to be a scene that mostly dealt with the issues of, you know, a Black family from a certain background dealing with a bank loan, and the fact that him being a celebrity does not transcend him being Black, turned into way more fun of, Wait, how do superheroes make their money? I can’t tell you the volumes of documents that came out in building what is this much dialogue [holds fingers inches apart] in the episode.”
Finally, we are treated with this idiocy regarding Rhodey and Falcon being in the same room:
“That was super exciting for me, man, and the rest of the writers and for [executive producer] Nate Moore — just the concept of two Black superheroes being on screen together said a million things. If you’d seen how much dialogue we wrote, because I was so excited to get them together. They were just riffing. Like, it was a moment for them. I was psyched about it. A lot of that got distilled. But I think this bigger issue that’s going on, they don’t have to say that much. Everybody knows these are two Black men, and they’re dealing with the stars and stripes. They don’t even have to say that much for you to get how much it’s weighing on them, and how much these dudes probably cooked up and talked behind the scenes in the MCU.”
Two black men, in a room. Heaven’s to Betsy I just might faint. “dealing with the stars and stripes”. I would love to spend several hours drilling this moron about just what that “dealing” entailed and then eviscerating every single moronic victim narrative this creature regurgitated.
Even before learning of who was involved in the FAWS series I had no intention of watching it. Sure, I liked Bucky and Falcon in the MCU films, but I don’t find the characters so interesting I want to watch a whole series about them. Just not for me.
But I feel for those who, like me, abhor racist storytellers hijacking their favorite characters and using them as props to push vile agendas. Say what you will about WandaVision (I thought it started off interesting but ended horribly) even it didn’t go so bad as to riff about Monica Rambeau’s skin color. Which is surprising considering who and what the head writer is.
This series will likely appeal to folks like Grace Randolph and other leftists news outlets this is likely going to turn sour for many Marvel fans and those who prefer solid storytelling versus propaganda. They will of course be called racist and pretty much every other ist for complaining because that is the way it goes nowadays.
That’s fine, they can call us names. Our position stands firm. We will hold the line.
We are not born human beings. That’s too easy. Being a human is a choice and it comes with certain responsibilities. The first rule of being a human being is that sentience trumps physicality.
True human beings are beyond their pigmentation and genitalia. We do not let these artifacts of our physical assemblage define or dictate who we are and how we think. When we come across a creature like Spellman it is our duty to push back against these things (for they have discarded their humanity) and let them know their devolved idiocy offends us.
We are offended when these creatures assume we think like them. Envisioning the world as race and gender-obsessed Morlocks. Sub-humans barely one step above primordial ooze.
We are offended when they put their backward and abhorrent ideas in the mouths of characters we love. Taking these characters who have been around for decades and distorting and twisting them into ugly, funhouse reflections of themselves.
We do not want what they are selling. We prefer to truly progress as a species and that means leaving behind the limited vision and grotesque conclusions of those who can’t see past their epidermis.
