Arrow Is Doing a Black Lives Matter Episode? They Can Keep It.

“Last year we introduced the idea of doing one topical episode per season. Last year we did gun violence. This year we’re going to do another topical episode as well. I really want to tackle Black Lives Matter and I have a story idea for that.” Marc Guggenheim, interview with Collider, September 6, 2017 Ja-Quan Have you ever imagined a world where a political superhero show that is crushin it well past its prime is blessing us entrusted to give the entertainment industry an insightful their very own take on The Black Lives Matter movement? NOPE? Yeah, a thousand more of those nopes fam. Arrow, the show that kicked off the CW superhero universe somehow, some way has been tapped as the premiere platform to discuss racial tensions and unbridled hatred in America. HOW SWAY!? WHY SWAY?! In what world Sway? Earth 51 maybe. Here’s what I want to know. How can we expect any sort of justice to be done when the co-creator of the show has proudly come out proclaiming their mighty triumph of Arrow’s gun violence episode, “Spectre of the Gun”? That episode wasn’t shit! What’s even worse is that every media outlet knew that episode was a weaker attempt at a political stance than 45 denouncing the protesters racists white nationalists KKK and Nazis at Charlottesville! The episode didn’t end on any decisive conclusion. Go ahead, Google it. There was no turning point that hammered home a specific point. They didn’t even attempt to address the fact that two of their team members use firearms r…