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Picture this: Black, female gets license to kill

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TBS Desk
16 July, 2019, 12:45 pm
Last modified: 16 July, 2019, 12:50 pm

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Picture this: Black, female gets license to kill

Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch acts as the new 007

TBS Desk
16 July, 2019, 12:45 pm
Last modified: 16 July, 2019, 12:50 pm
Picture this: Black, female gets license to kill

James Bond has officially retired and the famous “007” license has been reassigned to an agent who is both female and black.

The actress who will become the new 007 is none other than the Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch, states The Daily Mail.

According to the report, Bond has quit secret agent service and has retired in the tropical beauty of Jamaica when he is called out of the blue to fight against a new villain.

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James Bond finds out from spymaster M, played by Ralph Fiennes that his 007 codename has been handed over to another agent.

“There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says, “Come in 007”, and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman,” the source said. “It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007.”

Daniel Craig who has been part of the franchise for a long time announced in 2018 that the 25th James Bond movie will be his last.

Writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge gets credit for the new development; she has banned the term 'Bond girl' in favour of 'Bond women.'

Twitter was bombarded with twice the protests of a black female 007 compared to Idris Elba being the next Bond.

Goodbye James Bond!

In the new Bond movie, Agent 007 becomes a strong feminist woman, heroically uninterested in sex.

No, this is not a joke!

This goes against EVERYTHING we needed and enjoyed the James Bond franchise for.

Another one bites the dust due to feminism... pic.twitter.com/u5fMp01EkK— Magnus Lunde (@lumierati) July 15, 2019

BREAKING: James Bond has been "murdered," and the franchise is about to die!

BREAKING: The next 007 will be a woman.#IsNothingSacred ?

Sir Ian Fleming's super spy character was named "James," not "Jane."#ShameOnYou Barbara Broccoli pic.twitter.com/gBHSlhTQIG— Luxury Aficionado (@PeterGreggory) July 15, 2019

@007 I’m all for gender equality but this is just going too far. James Bond has been a male lead movie for decades and now it will be ruined. We all saw what happened with Ghostbusters and Ocean’s . There are just certain roles that shouldn’t be messed with.

#disappointed pic.twitter.com/zy6NJcOiCa— Jack Tamkin (@jacktamkin) July 15, 2019

I'm all for female empowerment, but what about the creativity behind that empowerment? James Bond/007 has a legacy that spans decades. This is lazy. Make a new movie about a Black female agent within the M16 that gets the minority point across without the pandering. #JamesBond25 pic.twitter.com/UwHWPWfIg0— GillyWritesComics (@GilbertDeltrez) July 14, 2019

Twitterati blamed the political agenda and feminists for the portrayal of Lashana Lynch as 007.

Lashana Lynch, 31, shot to fame last year as pilot Maria Rambeau in Captain America. Bond 25 also co-stars Oscar winner Rami Malek as the villain, Ben Whishaw as Q, Naomie Harris as Moneypenny and Lea Seydoux as Madeleine Swann in the last film.

 

James Bond 007 / Lashana Lynch / Bond woman

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