Jamie Broadnax is the founder of Black Girl Nerds - a community for women of color to gather and, "... express themselves freely and embrace who they are." I'm thrilled to have Jamie join me on this episode of The Perfect Podcast to discuss . . A Perfect Fictional Character. And I'm SUPER thrilled that Jamie agreed to choose Ororo Munroe aka Storm - Mutant. Leader of the X-Men. Queen of Wakanda. Head Mistress of The Charles Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.
For over 40 years the character of Storm has held many titles and has been interpreted and reinterpreted by a number of different writers, artists, actors and directors. But throughout all of her incarnations Storm has remained a layered creation and an empowering symbol for thousands of fans.
On this episode Jamie shares the story of her personal connection to the character, her favorite Storm storylines and her opinion on why Hollywood has consistently failed to get Storm right. Plus, Jamie shares the creative dream team she'd pick to helm a live action Storm feature film.
We also take a quick tangent to allow Jaimie to tell me what it was like to be in Hall H when the Black Panther (the former Mr. Storm) cast appeared at San Diego Comic Con earlier this year.
Storm - Feminist icon. African hero. African American hero. A richly drawn character who also happens to be a kick ass mutant with fierce fashion sense who can shoot lighting bolts, create tornadoes and fly over 300 miles per hour. Perfect for me.
