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Re-examining How We Portray Superheroes Onscreen | Time Magazine
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:16 am
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:16 am
We're Re-examining How We Portray Cops Onscreen. Now It's Time to Talk About Superheroes
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With a few notable exceptions (more on those later), most superhero stories star straight, white men who either function as an extension of a broken U.S. justice system or as vigilantes without any checks on their powers. Usually, they have some sort of tentative relationship with the government: The Avengers work for the secretive agency S.H.I.E.L.D.; Batman takes orders from Gotham police commissioner Gordon; even the villainous members of the Suicide Squad execute government orders in exchange for commuted prison sentences. And even when superheroes function outside the justice system, they’re sometimes idolized by police because they are able to skirt the law to “get the job done.”
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Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:19 am to Fewer Kilometers
Spoiler: The notable exceptions are Blade, Black Panther, and the HBO Watchmen series. And Miles Morales is the hope for the future.
Would've been better if they were honest and just titled the thing, "No more white superheroes."
Would've been better if they were honest and just titled the thing, "No more white superheroes."
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:23 am to Fewer Kilometers
I swear Thanos was the good guy in these lunatics minds.
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"As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. They will resist."
"Yep. We're all kinds of stubborn."
"I'm thankful...because now...I know what I must do. I will shred this universe down to its last atom and create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe."
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
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This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:34 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:37 am to Fewer Kilometers
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With a few notable exceptions (more on those later), most superhero stories star straight, white men
Okay.
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The Avengers work for the secretive agency S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Batman takes orders from Gotham police commissioner Gordon
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the Suicide Squad execute government orders in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:39 am to Fewer Kilometers
Lol at Batman taking orders from Gordon. He usually already knows what Gordon is going to say, tells him what is about to go down, and then vanishes while Gordon is still talking. Gordon is there to help hold Batman back and keep him grounded.
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 9:43 am
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:40 am to schexyoung
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Lol at Batman taking orders from Gordon.
That, and assuming that the Suicide Squad are superheroes.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:16 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Suicide Squad
The live action movie was shite but the animated movie ends with Deadshot killing Waller
Also Black Panther literally controls his own government
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:18 am to Fewer Kilometers
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The Avengers work for the secretive agency S.H.I.E.L.D
Nope
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atman takes orders from Gotham police commissioner Gordon;
Wrong again
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even the villainous members of the Suicide Squad execute government orders in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
And that's strike 3.
This person has never read a comic or actually watched any of these movies.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:26 am to OMLandshark
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I swear Thanos was the good guy in these lunatics minds.
Why do you think I made this handle?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:51 am to Fewer Kilometers
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the HBO Watchmen series.
So the author is cool with Angela and the rest of the cops attacking Nixonville and Angela beating a suspect nearly to death?
I thought police brutality, particularly against the most poverty stricken members of society, was frowned upon?
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 10:58 am
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:03 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:09 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Blade, the 1998 Wesley Snipes superhero movie, launched the superhero movie boom we’re still in today, giving Marvel its first box office smash. The movie, written and directed by white men, references tensions between Black communities and the police. In one scene, two cops walk in on Blade fighting what is clearly a monstrous vampire and begin shooting at Blade instead. Blade turns around and asks, “Are you out of your damn mind?” It’s played as a throwaway moment, but one that rings true decades on. (
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Eliana Dockterman
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 11:12 am
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:16 am to Fewer Kilometers
Tired of race dominating everything.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:18 am to Fewer Kilometers
Fun fact: In every instance she uses the word "black" (all 20 times), it's capitalized regardless of use (proper noun, adjective, etc). In every instance she uses the word "white" (all 8 times), it's lower-cased regardless of use (proper noun, adjective, etc).
She's so eat up with white guilt that she can't even virtue signal without projecting extra guilt.
She's so eat up with white guilt that she can't even virtue signal without projecting extra guilt.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Would've been better if they were honest and just titled the thing, "No more white superheroes."
You gonna be okay?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:34 am to sorantable
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You gonna be okay?
I could use a BJ, but other than that I'm fine.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:34 am to Bard
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Fun fact: In every instance she uses the word "black" (all 20 times), it's capitalized regardless of use (proper noun, adjective, etc). In every instance she uses the word "white" (all 8 times), it's lower-cased regardless of use (proper noun, adjective, etc).
She's so eat up with white guilt that she can't even virtue signal without projecting extra guilt.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:36 am to Fewer Kilometers
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function as an extension of a broken U.S. justice system or as vigilantes without any checks on their powers.
Uh there was an entire storyline, spanning the entire last act of the Avengers films about superheroes and "checks on powers."
Superman is a walking testament to personal responsibility and checks on powers (namely that power is a responsibility that must be wielded correctly and that takes an extremely good and measured individual).
This kind of stuff is so stupid. Disney will capitulate anyways. There might be hope with DC, but you never know.
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