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‘Black Panther’ Blasted For ‘Lack Of Queer Representation’

John Bickley

The smashing blockbuster success “Black Panther” is being praised both as a wildly entertaining film and as a triumph in “diversity” because of its almost entirely black cast. But some on the “intersectionality” Left say that the film failed in one glaring way on the diversity spectrum: it lacks “queer representation.”

The complaint has really gained traction after one of the film’s female stars, Florence Kasumba, seemed to confirm that a lesbian scene she was involved in was left on the cutting room floor. In an interview with Kasumba, Vulture faults the film for its “lack of queer representation.”

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