February 18, 2016

I would watch the Bomba and Tarzan movies every Sunday on local television, along with Abbott and Costello. The movies aren’t great, but always entertaining, and they give you an interesting perspective on how Hollywood (and America) viewed the Dark Continent (Sub-Saharan Africa according to Wikipedia), and its inhabitants through cinema. And boy, I wish I looked that good in a loincloth. I know the term “dark continent” has fallen out of favor, but it best encompasses the artistic leanings and dramatic on-film mindsets of the 1930s through 1950s: mysterious, unknown, and sinister.