Still working through the #Marvel episodes of Still Watching. Their #FATWS commentary was pretty in line with my feelings, and they got some great interviews. Isaiah Bradley's actor talking about how "no self-respecting black man would want to carry that shield" was, deep down, the character admonishing himself for ever getting his hopes up -- whoof.
There's a chat with the head writer where the podcaster mentions the scene of Sam getting hassled by random cops on the street, before they realize he's an Avenger. She asks if that was based on [news-making incidents of this happening to IRL famous black men]. And he's all "hadn't actually heard of those, it was just based on the universal experience of Being A Black Man In America."
Double whoof. (She takes it with a reasonable "...yeah, that tracks.")


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