{"id":40124,"date":"2023-06-18T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40124"},"modified":"2023-06-18T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T12:16:00","slug":"five-more-great-minority-movie-heroes-part-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/18\/five-more-great-minority-movie-heroes-part-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Five More Great Minority Movie Heroes, Part VI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This week was a big one as we welcomed the arrival of Juneteenth as well as the premiere of the \u201cThe Blackening\u201d the raucous horror comedy starring a cast of predominantly people of color. Since it\u2019s the right time to tap in to our \u201cMinority Movie Heroes\u201d series, I thought it\u2019d be a great time to feature five more<\/em><\/strong> great minority movie heroes.<\/p>\n

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Short Round \u2013 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
\n<\/strong>Say what you want about \u201cTemple of Doom,\u201d but I love it. And I am a big fan of Short Round, who plays a constant foil to the grumpy Indiana Jones quite often. Their interplay is hilarious and engaging and I love the heroism Indie inspires with his young sidekick. Short Round is bold, brave, outspoken, and willing to do whatever it takes to protect Indiana Jones. It\u2019s a shame the character never showed up in future iterations of the character, as he\u2019s so under appreciated.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tom \u2013 Bird Box
\n<\/strong>Not much is known about Tom, except that he is one of the few remaining survivors in a world where the best chance of staying alive is removing any sense of sight. In the chaotic horror film \u201cBird Box,\u201d Tom is a noble survivor who takes it upon himself to lead the group that he\u2019s apart of, and forms a relationship with Sandra Bullock\u2019s character Malorie, raising the children Boy and Girl with her. He makes a courageous sacrifice in the climax when Malorie flees with the children, saving them from marauders.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jeryline \u2013 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
\n<\/strong>Jeryline has a hard cross to bear. Literally. After being forced in between the battle of good and evil, she\u2019s forced to basically fight for survival against a demon knight and his slimy demon hordes. She spends most of the movie doing what ever she can to protect herself and her loved ones, but she\u2019s strong enough resist the demon knight\u2019s allures. In the end she\u2019s tasked with protecting the blood cross, and she now can only run.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Taylor \u2013 Poltergeist 2, Poltergeist 3
\n<\/strong>Taylor is one of the very few Indigenous heroes of the horror genre, played by Will Sampson. Taylor is a spiritual shaman who comes to the aide of Carol Anne and her family. Four years after their big haunting experience, he arrives to help them when they begin getting stalked and taunted by the evil Cane. Taylor uses his powers and knowledge of magic to help fight off Cane, amounting to a pretty underrated good vs evil war that covers the whole of the \u201cPoltergeist\u201d movie series.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dick Hallorann \u2013 The Shining
\n<\/strong>Dick is one of the many characters of the Stephen King universe who is the holder of \u201cthe Shining,\u201d something of a sick sense or resistance to pure evil or corruption. Hallorann initially helps mentor young Danny Torrance in not just learning his powers, but using them to sense and combat the corruption of the Overlook hotel, which threatens his family at every turn. Hallorann is an intriguing hero who garners some mystique through to the very end but leaves Danny with useful tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week was a big one as we welcomed the arrival of Juneteenth as well as the premiere of the \u201cThe Blackening\u201d the raucous horror comedy starring a cast of predominantly people of color. Since it\u2019s the right time to tap in to our \u201cMinority Movie Heroes\u201d series, I thought it\u2019d be a great time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,477,499,922,982],"class_list":["post-40124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list-junkies","tag-adaptation","tag-horror","tag-indiana-jones","tag-sequel","tag-stephen-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40130,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40124\/revisions\/40130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}