RIP Script: Movie Review and Interview on Black Panther

Jose Jauregui, James Chong, Shwe Nemyo

➢ Introduce the talk show, ourselves, medium and genre and purpose

➢ Add our contextual evidence of our RA essays

➢ Interview people based off questions of our contextual information

➢ Individual literacy narrative

○ Reflect upon our first time seeing a movie and the impact it had on our lives

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Scene One​: Empty Room with Anchors

➢ Anchor 1 (Jose): Hello Everyone! Welcome back to the Late Jauregui Show. Our

anchors today are: James Chong, First Year Business Administration Major, Shwe

Nemyo, First Year Sociology Major, and myself, Second Year Electrical Engineer Major.
 This show is dedicated to all the college students out there! Tonight’s topic will be:

Marvel’s The Black Panther.

➢ Anchor 2 (James): If everyone did not know already, Black Panther was released Friday,

February 16th, produced by Marvel’s Ryan Coogler. This also happens to be released

during February, which is national Black History Month. It has been trending on the box

office for weeks now.

➢ Anchor 1 (Jose): If you have not watched the movie already here is a brief summary of

the movie. Black Panther is the position of king of a hidden country “Wakanda” with

unbelievable technology based from a special metal, vibranium. The main conflict of the

movie is when a hidden, forgotten son, Killmonger, defeats the current king, T’Challa, in

a ritual duel that gives him rights to the throne. As king, he chooses to expose

Wakanda’s technology, and unleash all its powers on people who have oppressed

Wakandans in other countries. The majority of the government remains loyal to the

original king and fights back.

➢ Anchor 2 (James): The plot is less important today, as we will be specifically looking the

representative symbols and roles in movie. We will be analyzing the main characters and

the plot in the film to see in what ways the audience can connect to them and how film

can engage the audience by providing literacy narratives describing our experiences

with film.

➢ Anchor 3 (Shwe): We will also connect the film to social movements in today’s society

such as Black Lives matter movement and how the film has raised awareness on the

controversial topics of racial inequalities in America. Through the context of our

Rhetorical Analysis essays, we will be conducting interviews with students as well as our

peers, asking them questions pertaining how the film has similarities to today’s society
 within America with Donald Trump as president, what social matters were apprehended

in the film, and what ways this film can connect to the theme of power, literacy, and race.

Scene Two​: Interviews with UCI students

➢ Interview 1 (conducted by Jose):

*Introduce the person with name, grade, and major*

“Have you seen the film?”

“What do you think about it?”

“There was controversy about Black Panther not having enough white actors, besides the CIA

agent. Do you believe this is true?”

(Based off our contextual evidence)

“In what ways do you think the film has raised awareness in regards to social inequality matters

that are relevant today?”

“Do you believe the film has had any affect in the way you visual the United States government

on how conservative the city Wakanda was, and if so, do you believe it has any correlation to

Trump’s presidency?”

➢ Interview 2 (conducted by James):

*Introduce the person with name, grade, and major*

“Have you seen the film?”

“What do you think about it?”

“Have you heard the soundtrack?” “How do you think it is relevant to black pride? Favorite

song?”

(Based off contextual evidence)

“According to the pew research center, in the awake of the black lives matter movement with the

innocent death of an unarmed 18 year old African American by a police officer Americans in

2016. The engagement of all Americans in the movement whether it be publicizing the

movement, or physically participating in it has gone up from from 43% in july of 2016 of all

demographics to 55 % in August of 2017. In what ways do you believe the film has raised

awareness of the black lives matter movement?”

➢ Interview 3 (conducted by Shwe):

*Introduce the person with name, grade, and major*

“Have you seen the film?”

“What do you think about it?”

“When the movie was released, it became popular and was trending on Twitter and all social

media platforms for several days. Marvel had not released a film with a superhero protagonist, a

person of color. This became a phenomenon and a major change. How has Black Panther

influenced the audience and black pride?”

“Black Panther includes a lot of scenes with the major female roles. Why do you believe the film

has emphasized the importance of the role women have in today’s society, as there been

moments within Trump’s presidency that has devalued the importance of women in today’s

world?”

Scene Three​: Recap

Reflect on interviews

How Black Panther relates and its significance

Direct next scene to literacy narratives

Scene Four​: Literacy Narratives

➢ Jose A. Jauregui: The film King Kong in 2005 was the first film that I can clearly

remember that evoked my thoughts and emotions. I never was into reading nor movies

because I have been someone who has favorited hands on activities as a means of

learning. Being seven years old at the time I was not aware of what a rhetorical situation

was or historical context, but what I did understand was how film can deliver a message

that makes us feel like we are all connected. The message I got from that film was never

judge a book by its cover, because no matter how scary one may seem we all have the

same heart inside. Through film I understood that visuals is another way one can

understand rhetorical messages and feel as if they are part of the film, Films not only can

evoke empathy, but suspense, or anger and that is what makes film such a strong

aspect in the world of delivering messages. Films can be more appealing by making the

audience engage with the characters within and it makes those people like myself ,who

are not into reading, feel like we are the character in the movie or have a similar lifestyle

as them.

➢ James Chong: The first film that moved me was Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki. I was

always more into action movies, but my parents sat me down and made me watch this

cartoon film. At the time I was young, so I was not aware that movies could be there to

send a strong meaningful message, I just watched movies because I thought they were

cool. At first I thought the movie was scary because the main character's parents turned

into pigs, but as the movie progressed, I realized it was about the bond and strength of

love between the protagonist to get her parents back. As a child, I remember tearing up

and having my emotions stirred up from watching such a heartbreaking and warming

story. Watching Spirited Away marked the point in my life where I enjoyed all movies,
 because I knew that films could engage their audience with feeling and emotions,

relating the story being told with the audience’s life.

➢ Shwe Nemyo: Bridge to Terabithia is one of the very first movies I remember seeing

from my childhood, based off a novel. If it is not familiar, it tells a story about a friendship

between a young boy, Aaron, and a young girl, Leslie, as they create a fantasy realm

from their imagination. Their creativity allowed for their relationship to blossom and

expand with magical creatures. Terabithia became a place for them to have time to

themselves and get away from reality, after swinging the rope over the creek. However,

a horrific incident happens to Leslie, and Aaron does not have the strength to continue in

Terabithia because it relied on their friendship. The movie evoked many emotions from

my sister and I. We knew they were just actors, but the setting, music, and action all

created an emotional scene to affect us, the audience. From there in third grade, I

realized that movies were not just for entertainment. And I continued to realize that every

time I watched a movie or televisions show. Every film has its purpose, whatever the

genre may be. Now when I go to the movie theaters, I tend to think about the message

the film is trying to convey. If a movie does not have a message that can relate to its

audience, there is no purpose.

Scene 5​:​ ​Recap of the show and connect back to our audience (UCI students)

Ask a rhetorical question on if the film

If film has moved them or made them think a different way about life regarding to race or power

What will they do about it

Thank the audience

We hope as college students running this talk show we are able to relate to the social matters

relevant in today’s world that may not affect us directly, but affect someone we may know.

Although all hope seems to be dim with the way Trump has managed the nation of America

making us seem more of a foolish nation rather than the American dream we are known for,

films can be an effective way to deliver a message of hope and reassurance to everyone who

can relate to the message. For those people who participate within the black lives matter

movement whether it be physically or through social media, you’re raising awareness in different

platforms. Would you rather be the person in history who did not help with the social matters in

today’s world or be the one who uplifts the generations to come through your own personal

platform. Thank you to those who we interviewed and our viewers. I highly recommend seeing

the film The Black panther!

Credits:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/08/how-americans-view-the-black-lives-matter-m

ovement/

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/29/views-of-racism-as-a-major-problem-increase-

sharply-especially-among-democrats/