![]() ![]() How do you convey through silent cues that your main character is an intelligent black man, the filmmakers may have asked? Well, let's show him reading Between the World and Me. ![]() In Luke Cage and The Equalizer 2, Coates's book is used to signal the consciousness or studiousness of the two main characters. McCall gives the young man a copy of Coates's book to read. ![]() Later in the film while assisting a young black man become more educated, Mr. The film opens with Robert McCall (played by Washington) riding a train in Turkey and reading a book - Coates's Between the World and Me. So now Coates has entered the realm.Īnd now, just recently, I went to see The Equalizer 2, starring Denzel Washington. ![]() Through season one, Luke Cage was shown reading or possessing various books. Recently though, I've seen the book cited in cinematic representations.įirst, near the beginning of season 2 of Luke Cage on Netflix, we see the protagonist reading a copy of Coates's book. The 2015 book 'Between The World And Me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates was an intimate letter between a father and son about being Black, being a man, being American. A few years back when Ta-Nehisi Coates's book Between the World and Me was released, I tracked the coverage in various online publications. PDF On Apr 30, 2016, Gary Grizzle published Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me Find, read and cite all the research you need on. ![]()
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