20: Luke Cage – Show Notes

DSRA

January 24, 2017

First Segment

Luke Cage’s Origin
- Creators
  - Archie Goodwin
  - John Romita Sr.
  - George Tuska
- First Issue
  - Luke Cage: Hero for Hire – June 1972
- Origin Story
  - Willis Stryker
  - Reva Connors
  - Seagate Prison
  - Dr. Noah Bernstein
Blaxploitation
- Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song (1971)
- Shaft (1971)
- Series with Iron Fist in 1978
Hero Resume
- Avengers
- Secret Avengers
- New Avengers
- The Defenders
- The Fantastic 4
- Married to Jessica Jones
  - Daughter, Danielle Cage

Second Segment

Luke Cage’s Debut in Jessica Jones
- Strong fan reaction
- Marvel Delayed Iron Fist to make Luke Cage
- Jessica Jones Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg on writing Luke Cage
Cheo Hodari Coker
- Career as a music journalist
  - Worked for The Source, Rap Pages and LA Times
- Previous film and TV work
  - Southland
  - Almost Human
  - NCIS
  - Notorious B.I.G
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed
- From a Tribe Called Quest
- Wrote the score and recruited artists
Show Episodes Named After Gang Starr Songs
Making the Show
- Blaxploitation = Hip Hop Western
- Diverse writers in ‘The Danger Room’
- Controversy in the show
Mike Colter
- Film and TV resume
- Desire to avoid Black tropes
Popularity
- Metascore
  - Userscore
- Rotten Tomatoes

Third Segment