Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor. Boseman achieved international fame for playing superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019.
He died the age of 43. Boseman’s cause of death was colon cancer, which he battled in secret over the past four years.
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He looks like he was a fine person and I am going to accept that as fact because I am not going to start scouring the Internet to find out some dirt that would make me think he was not a fine person. I know finding dirt on people is one of the “benefits” of the Internet but I choose not to go there.
Solomon "Sol" Wachtler was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1992. His most famous quote was that District Attorneys could get Grand Juries to "indict a ham sandwich". I’m not sure how true this is but I bet the Internet could, at the very least, get us to develop an abiding Distrust of a Ham Sandwich.
That having been said, I do think our Idol Worship of Celebrities is out of control. I did see on the internet where the father of a 7-year-old boy has gotten himself all wrapped up in his son’s Idol Worship of Chadwick.
The father said his 7-year-old son was devastated when he learned of Chadwick death. The father said (not exact quote)...
I'm not saying this lightly but Chadwick was his hero. Black Panther was important to my son because he loved seeing a superhero hero that looked like him. He understands Black Panther is fictional but Chadwick made my son believe a Black Boy could grow up and be a strong Black Superhero.
Hold on a minute Daddy. Did you hear what you just said?...
Ø Is it healthy to choose for your heroes people who are not real people?
Ø Did you and your son forget that Black Panther was a Fictional Cartoon Character (is Fictional Cartoon redundant?)?
Ø Wait, Daddy, you did not forget because you just said, “He understands Black Panther is fictional”.
Ø Daddy, you also said, “He made my son believe a Black Boy could grow up and be a Strong Black Superhero”.
Ø Do you really believe that your son believing he can become a Superhero is a good thing?
What happened to Fictional? There is no such a thing as an Actual Live Cartoon Superhero. So, the bottom line is, you think it’s a good thing your son thinks he can grow up to be something that ain’t.
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Petition launched to replace Confederate statue with memorial for 'Black Panther' Chadwick Boseman
The leader of the petition to remove and replace the statue said, "Mr. Boseman is a hero to this nation but more importantly a hero to the town of Anderson (SC). His legacy was one of excellence and equality. It is only natural that his hometown honors what he did. There is no need for political controversy in this decision."
I’m not sure Mr. Petition Leader will be able to avoid controversy but I am certain he will not be able to prevent people from scratching their heads about his Statue Replacement Proposal. The current statue was dedicated to the Confederate Veterans of Anderson County and was erected in 1902 by the citizens of Anderson County.
Questions need to be asked and answered by the Statue Remove and Replace Movement before we or the statue gets carried away...
Ø Do we need legislation enacted that will specify how long a statue has to be upright before it can be replaced because of a story run on the prior night’s evening news.
Ø The Nightly News comes on every night. If we allow the Nightly News to control the removal of statues, we are going to be removing a lot of statues.
Ø Now that we appear to be embarking on the path of erecting statues to Superheroes do we need give thought to the erection of statues to Unicorns, Mermaids and Pets that belonged to Celebrities?
Ø I understand it has been proposed that we remove all standing statues and begin erecting new statues to new people and things all over the Good Ole USofA (this proposal was made by Statues R Us a Statue Erection Company since 1745 in Quincy, MA).
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If I knew what was good for me and you I would stop this Blog Posting here and now but I just remembered that when I was in Flight School in 1964 I lived in Enterprise, AL for a month and they have there the World’s First Monument to a Pest.
If you have come this far, you might as well watch this very short You Tube Video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGKrfyJ7qC8
Smartfella
