In episode twenty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking superhero film BLACK PANTHER, and how his sensibilities as a director in FRUITVALE STATION and CREED mesh with or against the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Everyone feels wildly different about the film but all can agree on two points: (1) Michael B. Jordan is sad, beautiful, and the first Oscar contender of 2018 and (2) they are the Martin Freemans of this cultural conversation. Ben relates to Adonis Creed’s pre-fight, stress-induced habits, Daniel revels in the very specific world-building in Wakanda, and Brandon hails Coogler’s film as the latest in a new line of high-quality, richly subversive studio franchise films.

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