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Lanterns Writer Reveals the Surprising Movie That Inspired John Stewart’s Family Story
- In Sunday's episode of Lanterns, titled 'OutKast,' the series reveals how John Stewart was conditioned from childhood to eventually succeed Hal Jordan as Green Lantern.
- Following John Stewart Sr.'s failure to join the Green Lantern Corps after displaying fear, actor Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones play parents determined to ensure their son succeeds where his father could not.
- To instill fearlessness, parents forced the younger John to fend for himself in Chicago Midway City and endure dangerous tests, including shooting an apple off his father's head, which Bernadette argued was necessary for a Black man in America.
- John faces interrogation from a Guardian about his life choices, forcing him to confront whether he deserves to replace Hal and the systemic inequities that have shadowed his journey toward the ring.
- This nonlinear narrative deconstructs traditional superhero origin tropes, positioning John's journey as an exploration of emotional labor and systemic barriers faced by Black men in a society that refuses to acknowledge their worth beyond excellence.
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"Lanterns" Producer: The Ring Is Sexist
One of the producers of HBO’s “Lanterns” series has branded the power rings ‘sexist’ in an interesting new interview about the “Green Lantern”-inspired DC series. There has been plenty of discussion about the show, from complaints about a creative decision regarding one character in the first episode to others where there have been big lore […]
‘Lanterns’ Writer Responds to Buzzy Episode Three Reaction: “I Just Hope People Will Stick It Out With John”
Co-executive producer and "Outkast" episode writer Vanessa Baden Kelly had anxiety leading up to the release: "I was having heart palpitations,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. But now, she says the debates viewers are having are "the exact one we were hoping to have,” as she looks to what comes next in the HBO series.
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