Key takeaways:
- Sebastien Lecornu, France’s Defense Minister, denounced the way French soldiers are depicted in the Marvel movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
- The minister retweeted a scene from the movie which shows a group of soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs, wearing uniforms very similar to those of French troops deployed in Africa.
- Lecornu’s tweet has sparked a debate on social media, with some users defending the movie and others condemning the minister’s reaction.
France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu has denounced the way French soldiers deployed in Africa are depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
In a tweet published Sunday, Lecornu strongly condemned the similarity of a fictional group of villainous mercenaries with French armed forces members. He called the representation of French troops “false and misleading”.
The minister retweeted a scene from the film which shows a group of soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs, wearing uniforms very similar to those of French troops deployed in Africa.
The movie, which was released in November in France and the U.S., follows the plot of a fictional African country, Wakanda, which is faced with Western nations seeking to control fictional metal resources across the continent.
The defense minister’s reaction comes after a French journalist on Saturday pointed out the similarities between the camouflage uniforms of those mercenaries in the movie and those of the French troops.
Lecornu’s tweet has sparked a debate on social media, with some users defending the movie and others condemning the minister’s reaction. The French defense ministry has yet to comment on the matter.
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