We can’t keep letting Hollywood get away with this nonsense…
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@jk3jk35
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Transformer One's Megatron
@kaymcleod3629
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
As an Irish I’m not sure we entirely 100% deserve this special treatment but will definitely take it. Also, it doesn’t get more Irish than Paul Mescal who as you note is doing a standard interchangeable whiteness in this role apparently – but don’t be fooled, he’s a GAA-playing country boy (I believe he fell into acting thanks to an unusually enlightened school drama initiative). He was the lead in Normal People which I can’t imagine you’d f*** with, but if you f*** with the Irish you’d definitely f*** with his (IMO) absolute quintessential cultural Irishness
@XelNavith
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
"Russell Butler Jr" got me real good.
@rhiannawilliams8126
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Thank you for this. I watched Gladiator 2 was baffled by the treatment of Denzels character. As a white person I know some of Denzel Washington stances and I was really confused that he even took the role if "dont even try to change a horible system" was the message being given at the end.
Though in watching your analysis of Wicked when you said Glenda's only off action was that she felt regret for betraying Elphaba to the White establishment. Than the ending of Gladiator 2 is in line with maintaining a white supremacist culture…so yeah. You are completely correct and we need to stop, thank you
@breadman5048
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
So Denzel was mlk / Malcolm x?
@taylorgayhart9497
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
0:43 the one that bugged me the most is the fact that the republic and the Jedis allowed for slavery.
@cars__themovie
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
GeRussell Crutler III
@JordynHealing
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
the way you delivered Gerussel Crutler the 3rd
@JordynHealing
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
and the Irish love you mo chara
@reymondlise3288
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
They did a similar thing in Avatar the last airbender with characters like Jet and Hama, who were fighting against the oppression of the fire nation through violent means but they always showed them to be fighting the fight 'in the wrong way' by either causing collateral damage or specifically targetting civillians as a form of revenge for the abuse they suffered.
@dandreheadspeth3401
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Denzel is not inarguably a greater black actor than Samuel L. Jackson wtf
@QueeenCrimson
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
It's the same problem I have with Legend of Korra because you got Zaheer spitting facts about anarchism but since anarchist can't be right and we must maintain the status quo they have wrap up by saying that he wants chaos which isn't anarchism
@carrot-lime
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
2:36 this is the Daenerys Targaryen treatment too (broad strokes here, I know her arc is white saviorism. I mean in the sense that she suddenly took a nosedive of violence that didn’t make sense for her character so the show could justify her being a villain)
@bederbederp
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
2:35 it's like that war videogame where one faction was so clearly in the right they had to show their general shooting a kid to remind you that they're the bad guy
@Ssakarix
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
I'm watching gladiator 2 tonight. So i checked out this video to get the vibe.
It's crazy how you were confusing Gerald Butler with Russel Crow. I was doing the same thing when I watched gladiator for the first time yesterday.
@klonvomhaus
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Your political analysis is one thing, but I think Killmonger felt off because his motivations didn't make sense. Even if you're completely blind to the messaging, there's still a social understanding of what makes sense and what doesn't.
Then again… maybe mixing messages is a deliberate choice to confuse the audience. To make a villain FEEL off, unrealistic. To make you think "Nah… he's lying".
@nerdcuddles7731
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
There is definately a difference between an antagonist and a villian, That Gladiator 2 antagonist is absolutely an example of a character whos not a villian but is technically an antagnonist. But I definately think it could have been done better from the way you are describing it.
@Dan1elAndrade
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
You forgot the Cicero quote, he wasn't going to tear Rome cuz he wanted free people, he clearly stated he wanted a system in which the stronger side wins.
@Tankayou-r3g
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Yeah i really hated the Black Panther ending, like they could've had him play black panther after chadwick died, but because they killed off kilmonger, they had no alternative, so the second movie feels rushed because they jammed his sister in the roll. There could've been an ending where another event happened and black panther saves kilmonger,then dies trying to do so,and kilmonger goes through guilt over his death, because he was wrong about who black panther is. Maybe he's jailed because the fight was incomplete or something,and he's required to help Wakanda through public service and he comes to realize he was wrong about Wakanda. They're still isolationist but there's a reason for it. And that Wakanda does accept people who were born outside of Wakanda, but they become more against the white government officials that inserted themselves into Wakandan issues. They can still keep bucky, because bucky actually provides for the well being of Wakanda, as a simple shepherd. Maybe bucky becomes a roll model when it comes to teaching kids about animals and does work with young amputees who are refugees from warring areas.
@AngieMT717
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why Mr. Denzel Washington agreed to this script. What was the intention here? The ending of that film felt less like a narrative conclusion and more like a HUMILIATION RITUAL. Particularly for Black audiences. It came across as a ritualistic degradation, with Denzel Washington, an actor who has long been a pillar of excellence in Black cinema, positioned as the sacrificial figure. Frankly, it was deeply unsettling🤨.
@tracywilliams7929
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Denzel's performance was just true genius! (Gladiator)
@truthtoFBA
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Killmonger is the only black panther i recognize.
@Moshie71
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Am I missing something Gerard Butler is Scottish and
Russell Crowe is from New Zealand … who’s English?
PS I wasn’t going to bother but I’ll definitely check out Gladiator II for this Denzel performance …
@deepvoicebanton1
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Its no longer my belief its FACT that Google along with Mainstream Media that speaking the TRUTH gets you UNALGORITHMED IMMEDIATELY plus if you're a Minority (ANY TYPE OF) YouTube AUTOMATICALLY does it,more so if you're NOT American. I said all this to say your take on this was SPOT ON and the England Colonize&Capitolize the ENTIRE World is the last quarter inch nail driven in the Coffin. So tell me(YES 6mnths later) what's your take on Ironheart?
@thobishonkoana4577
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Why is it raining Matrix code
@ponchopi
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
4:34 great line
@danieltriplett3616
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
If your on the villain s side then why are u calling him a villain? If u relate so much to root for a character, then go for it .
@danieltriplett3616
September 19, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Wow , maybe a lil over thought?
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