The author's overall purpose is to express her opinion regarding the hype surrounding the recently released Marvel movie, Black Panther. She strays away from the common mentality that Black Panther is a "black" movie celebrating "blackness". Instead, she identifies the movie as a movie that incorrectly represents and African. The author describes African culture as being displayed as a "rabid cultural mishmash." Elsie Eyakuse, a Tanzanian writer, that blogs for the Mikocheni report states that Black Panther is about rage rather than blackness.
To express her opinion, Eyakuse uses highly informal diction, a relaxed mood, and a condescending tone to connect with he audience. This audience includes all those who have watched Black Panther. Throughout the text, the author's voice is strong expressing her distaste with the way people describe the purpose and true meaning of Black Panther. This opinion is evident when Eyakuse uses a "no offence" like structure within the passage. Often times she will praise the movie then pick apart something she disliked. The author's condescending tone is clear throughout the text. Personally, as a reader I believe this stems from the fact that she is not from the United States and there are many cultural differences between the two. Her condescending tone is evident towards the end of the text when the author states that people can continue to "wear their dashikis and paint their faces" but the real purpose of the movie should be identified. Throughout the text the author appeals to both pathos, and logos to support her opinion. Pathos is evident when she describes political problems where many "have been been imprisoned, been beaten, and been denied their rights by [their] security forces." Her real life example shows that there is actual rage with good reason and that Black Panther reflects this rage well within the movie. The author appeals to logos when she addresses the fact that people of color are shown in movies its just that many do not actually search for the movies. She makes a valid point that there are movies made by people like Sembene Ousmane and movie genres like Nollywood that often have cast that are only full of people of color. Within the article, the author uses little to no rhetorical devices. The only one that I was able to identify when the author used a similar syntax to make her point. Eyakuse states that "rage has an anatomy." Her repeat of sentence structure is evident: "Mosquitos are annoying. People who constantly interrupt you are infuriating. Racists are unbearable."
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AuthorAdesuwa Obasuyi. Student. Language Lover. 16. Archives
February 2018
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