Reimagining the Problematic Character

[bcholmes]

One of the best lessons from #BlackPanther is M'Baku. The comic character "Man-Ape" had a problematic design. Black storytellers dealt with it & reimagined him into a fan-favorite character instead of casting a white actor as the solution, a la Mandarin & the Ancient One. pic.twitter.com/Bqw4Wg2kLl

— Alan Sizzler Kistler (@SizzlerKistler) March 2, 2018

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

Comments

[sabotabby]

YES THIS. Acknowledge the problematic history by turning it into an excellent in-joke and then make the character actually well-written.