This was established shortly after the DC continuity relaunching series Crisis On Infinite Earths in order to explain how Black Canary was around during the era of pinup while also being a young woman in the modern era.Īnd though not a member of the Birds of Prey in the comics, detective Renee Montoya is a character worthy of discussion. Though not much is known about her in the film, what is revealed is that she used to work alongside Gotham PD and was gifted with the Metahuman ability to emit a loud sonic scream-the “canary cry.” Though DC’s comic book lore changes so often it would make a Time Lord dizzy, Black Canary has generally been portrayed as a legacy character since 1985-the moniker first belonging to Dinah Drake, and then passed on to her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. Dinah’s mother is also portrayed accurately to her literary roots. Smollett-Bell’s Black Canary is essentially a “greatest hits” of her most popular adventures in comics.
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The film first depicts Dinah working for a crime syndicate similar to her origin in 1947, but she’s also a professional singer like in her more recent comic book exploits. Jurnee Smollett-Bell, however, plays a Black Canary true to her source material. Smallville’s Alaina Huffman and Arrow’s Katie Cassidy both portrayed significantly more accurate versions of the character, but still took many liberties that fans weren’t happy with. The short-lived Birds of Prey TV series from 2002 portrayed a Black Canary even less like the comic book source material than Cass Cain in the Birds of Prey film. In fact, her portrayal in Birds of Prey is arguably the most accurate live-action adaptation than any previous Canary. That said, the film does manage to depict founding member Dinah Lance very accurately to her comic book counterpart. Related: Birds of Prey Title Changed To Focus On Harley Quinn At WB's Request Basco could have simply played an original character, and thus added another interesting character of color in a mythology that many say still lacks diversity. The only real issue with the character is she’s named Cassandra Cain.
She enchantingly plays one of Gotham’s lost youths, a (not entirely) innocent bystander stuck in the crossfire between mob bosses and madcaps. The young actor easily keeps pace with Oscar nominee Margot Robbie whenever they share screen time together. To be clear, Ella Jay Basco’s Cassandra Cain is a fun character.
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