‘The Black Watch’: BOSSIP & Cassius Fan The…
Yahya Abdul-Matteen has taken on Denzel Washington’s function of John Creasy in Netflix’s Man On Fire, and BOSSIP and Cassius are diving headfirst into the action-packed flames.
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Today, the manufacturers launched a new episode of The Black Watch, an editorial-led collection analyzing the largest cultural moments in movie and leisure.
The latest installment of the collection brings together BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada, iONE Digital Vice President of Video Tanya Hoffler-Moore, iONE Digital Director of Content for the Men’s Division Alvin Blanco, and comedian-writer Richard Jones for a candid dialog about the first two episodes of Netflix’s seven-part thriller.
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Led by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a PTSD-stricken former Special Forces soldier searching for revenge while defending a younger lady in Rio, the collection rapidly sparks debate among the panel, not just for its action-packed premise but for the shadow forged by its predecessor.
Before diving into Man on Fire, Richard units the tone with a blunt, comedic comparability.
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“This was the exact palette cleanser that I needed to get the taste of Wonder Man out of my mouth. No Diddy! Wonder Man was great, right up until the end… once you get to the last episode, it is garbage juice,” he says. “Garbage, juice, you’re supposed to be a superhero, but you break a criminal out of jail. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Other than that, Yabba Dabba Doo did his thing.”
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That unfiltered vitality carries into the panel’s main dialogue, where comparisons to Denzel Washington’s 2004 Man on Fire rapidly grow to be unavoidable.
“You can’t remake anything that Denzel did, just leave it alone,” Tanya says. “We are always going to compare you to the original. I just kept saying, ‘This ain’t Denzel!’”
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“This is a travesty, I wasn’t feeling it,” she provides. “I’m still gonna give it a shot, but I just was, like, what am I watching?!”
Still, not everyone seems to be tied to nostalgia. Alvin provides a contrarian take, pushing back on the reverence surrounding the unique movie.
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“I actually didn’t like Denzel’s Man on Fire,” he admits. “Denzel’s acting was great, but—look away if you haven’t seen it yet; he dies at the end! I’m, like, why Denzel gotta die? He saved the white girl, but oh, Denzel gotta die? I was done. He should have lived.”
Dani lands someplace in the center, praising Yahya’s efficiency while acknowledging some uneven moments in the collection.
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“I just like seeing him in action, beating up the bad guys, flipping the guns, doing all the stunts,” Dani says. “I think he is like the ultimate actor for an action role because he’s an AC-TOUR, he’s a Yale graduate, so I feel like he puts a lot into his roles.”
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Tanya provides that the collection could also be working against itself by leaning too closely on its connection to the unique.
“I think they should have called it ‘Yahya on Fire’ or something else,” she says. “It’s like they set him up a little bit, but let’s be clear, Yahya’s a hitmaker.”
Beyond the comparisons, the dialog expands to Yahya’s growing résumé, with the panel pointing to his work across tv and movie as evidence of his versatility and endurance.
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Dani also highlights the show’s early efficiency metrics, noting its strong debut viewership and increased Rotten Tomatoes rating in contrast to the 2004 movie.
After debating about Man On Fire, the episode closes on a lighter be aware, with the group testing their data of iconic quotes from traditional Black movies and tv before diving into crimson carpet coverage from Is God Is, with interviews from Vivica A. Fox and govt producer Tessa Thompson.
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