The national prestige that The Crouton has built over the course of the last year and a half recently landed them an interview with none other than Ryan Coogler, the director of the wildly successful global phenomenon Black Panther. In a twist that few could have seen coming, the director admitted to stealing most of the concepts for his movie from the Oscar-snubbed masterpiece from the year 2000, The Emperor’s New Groove. Over the course of a tearful interview, Coogler explained specifically how Black Panther was actually a complete rip-off of one of the 21st century’s most under-appreciated films:

Ryan Coogler (RC): Well first off, the location that Black Panther takes place in is so obviously based on New Groove that I’m surprised no one caught on before now. You thought Wakanda was the first example of a thriving empire with a complex civilization untouched by European colonialism? Wakanda is just an African version of the Incan empire and the majestic city that is Kuzcotopia.