The Woman King: 25 Things You Missed
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2022-09-22に共有
Forget the fantasy world of Wakanda and their elite royal guard called the Dora Milaje. In the real world, one of the most powerful empires of the 18th to 19th century got that distinction through a standing professional army with really only one rule, no romance, only stabbing and punching and grabbing. The new Viola Davis movie The Woman King tells the almost real life story of the Alojie, the elite all woman army of the Dahomey people of what is now Benin. Employing a combination of historical research and a fair amount of historical revision to get the otherwise horrifying Agojie who were key in King Gheza’s plans to expand and continue to make a fortune off selling its captives The Woman King imagines a world where a traumatic event puts the whole trading human beings as a commodity thing in perspective for Nanisca, the leader of the Agojie. In this reality then not only do the Dahomey end their tribute requirements with the Oyo but they end the Oyo. Bringing together such talents as Viola Davis, director Gloria Prince-Bythewoods, composer Terrance Blanchard and Lion King songwriter, South Africa’s Lebo M as well as a group of talented African artists to create an authentic looking portrait of a precolonial Africa. With the entire cast going through intense training the movie does not forget to deliver on its promise of action as well. What was your favorite part of this unexpected hit? Let us know in the comments and while you’re there be sure to like and subscribe.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Dora Milaje
1:11 - Black Panther
2:13 - Nanisca
3:00 - Nawi
3:41 - Thorn Test
4:27 - End of the Test
5:04 - Nawi’s Recruitment
5:35 - Spear Challenge
6:06 - Palm Oil & Pointy Fingers
6:45 - Tethered Sword
7:17 - Weapon
7:39 - Ranks
8:21 - Fon
8:48 - Competing Chants
9:22 - Original Dances
10:00 - Music
10:38 - Training
11:01 - High Tech Fitness
11:23 - Influences
11:52 - Woman King
12:29 - Captain
13:12 - What’s in a Name?
13:33 - The fate of the Dahomey
14:28 - Agojie After Retirement
14:43 - Real Dahomey
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コメント (21)
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What do you think about the fact that the Dora Milaje are inspired by the Agojie warriors?
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The Woman King: 25 Things You Missed First thing you misses: the whole movie
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#1. An accurate historical portrayal about mass murdering slavers. #2. Them losing an extremely one sided war with the French, mainly fought hand to hand. #3. A British Naval blockade to stop them continuing the slave trade, after Britain ended African slavery worldwide. I could keep going, but im too lazy to write 22 more.
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Cringe over 9000
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#26 We fight for SLAVERY! "In the 17th century, the prosperity of the kingdom was established through the sale of slaves. King Tegbessou, who governed the kingdom in the 1750s, sold just over 9,000 slaves. It is estimated that the profits made are four or five times higher than the income of wealthy landowners in England."
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Let me get this straight. They made a movie about the black slavers who captured and sold the ancestors of Afro-Americans to the europeans, and they present this as empowerment for the descendants of the people who were ripped off their homelands? Did this really happen?
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25 things you missed: #1 The Entire Movie
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I can tell you the part the film makers missed. The part where the protagonists were actually slavers in real history.
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I missed everything, not interesting to watch this 💩.
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I’m pretty sure the real life counter part were slavers. So I think they were pretty bad… or at least par for the course
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Add a 26th to the list. I missed the entire movie by not watching it. Thank god cause it’s a bunch of PC bullshit.
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Is the slave corralling one of those 25 things?
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1) Pretending is based on real events
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I didn’t miss anything because I’ve no intention of watching this abomination of real history
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The movie wasn't bad to be honest but definitely not even close to being a true story. The female tribe depicted in the movie did exist but in reality actually profited from the slave trade, while the British navy had to block the sea ports to stop the trade of slaves.
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Movie looked good until I read the real history then I was wondering why they would make this movie and make them the hero's 🤷♂️
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Another thing you missed is they were the middle man in the slave trade & they didn't wanna stop when slavery was basically outlawed in Britain
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You missed: This isn't a true story They weren't great warriors They were soundly thrashed in battle They were slavers The French were fighting to stop the slavery Shall I continue?
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#26 the slaves they sold
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The first thing I missed was the movie
