I dunno, guys.
I'm really looking forward to the new Kingsman, and I look at the trailer and it looks fun.
But it just looks too ****ing white for me. Like.....only white guys? And only the whitest of the white guys? For the Statesmen, who represent the American side to the Kingsmen? Not the actors, just the whole Walker Texas Ranger vibe. They have that one latino dude in there and I feel like he's just there to have one single non-white Statesman for the complainers.
The first movie was dope because of how much they were into the British genteel identity, and I definitely see how the American version of that would be these Statesmen, but I feel like they really missed the mark when they decided that was what the Statesmen are. Like...America is not as homogenous to choose such a singular identity, especially one so wrapped up in a parody of big dumb America that doesn't get done to Britain since it's their franchise.
Once i saw that they decided the most badass American spy dudes are cowboys from Texas i was turned off a bit. Looks like fun to watch, but...i don't care about what happens to Statesmen because I could never be one. I'm a black dude from the East Coast and I could never see myself wanting to root for the Statesman aside from them being the good guys in the movie. If this were real life, and those were really the Statesmen, I doubt I would even want them to win because i doubt they would do any of that fighting they're doing in the movie on behalf of my black ***.
But yea...looks dope and i'm prob gonna check it out.
