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The killing off of 'Batgirl' was a senseless blow to diverse DC Comics fans (NBC)
NBC ^ | Aug. 7, 2022 | Patricia Grisafi, culture writer

Posted on 08/10/2022 6:22:00 AM PDT by Salman

When “Batman and Robin” came out in 1997, it seemed like everyone was focused on Alicia Silverstone’s body. The actor who played Batgirl was greeted with misogynistic and body-shaming echoes of “Fatgirl” by so-called fans of the franchise. In a particularly gross quip, late director Joel Schumacher laughed about how Batgirl’s suit came “with nipples. We’re an equal opportunity movie.”

When it was announced last summer that an actor of color was going to play Batgirl in a live action film, racist trolls came for star Leslie Grace in the same way they came for Halle Bailey after she was chosen to star as Ariel in “The Little Mermaid.” In the comics, Batgirl is white. Grace is Dominican. Some fanboys couldn’t deal with the fact that they weren’t getting the Batgirl they wanted.

Why can’t Batgirl get a break?

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I have the original Howard the Duck comic book, which was fantastic, then they ruined it with the movie.


41 posted on 08/10/2022 7:21:39 AM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight of Faith" )
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To: Salman
In a particularly gross quip, late director Joel Schumacher laughed about how Batgirl’s suit came “with nipples.

Huh?

Joel Schumacher himself put nipples on batman’s suit!

See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8IlXA4ArPg

Comment doesn’t make sense…he was a homosexual though, so…

None of it makes sense anymore anyway. Part of the evil plan.

42 posted on 08/10/2022 7:29:40 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: Yo-Yo

“Fatgirl? I’m not seeing it.”

Those thighs might make it difficult to hear the stereo, but I wouldn’t complain.

...was that out loud?


43 posted on 08/10/2022 7:29:43 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Salman

The bottom line is money. Screw the content. TPTB knew Batgirl wouldn’t be a success so they shelved it. It’s ALWAYS about money, and they made a smart business move. Unfortunately, they didn’t know this at conception.


44 posted on 08/10/2022 7:38:15 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Pontiac

I’m still waiting for Ringworld…


45 posted on 08/10/2022 7:42:55 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Salman

In the leftist schema, it is the socialist duty of the movie and TV industry to produce, promote, and fully back the most lame wokist anti-White racist crap 24/7 even in (especially in) the face of clear evidence that the effort will tank horribly.

The nerve of these studios to think that they should earn money. Do they think they were granted these privileges to be *capitalists*?? No.

The purpose of the entertainment industry is systematically destroy the principle of beauty by methodically proceeding through the catalog of human artistic achievement and despoiling each one, towards the goal of the demoralization of the human race.

(Not that ‘batgirl’ is such a mighty achievement in the first place, but thankfully they — so far — rightly fear the reaction should they go far beyond their own fantasy worlds of sci-fi and comics. Amazon intends to take the big leap with their LOTR thing which, I believe, will get the same fate as the “The Prisoner” remake which coincidentally launched right after Patrick McGoohan died and could no longer say no. It aired, it sucked, hardly anyone watched it and the original remains intact.


With respect to this crap article, it’s the same poo-slinging as always. Just throw “ist” at things you don’t like until you get your way.


46 posted on 08/10/2022 7:44:13 AM PDT by No.6
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To: HamiltonJay
As I said I don’t recall anyone saying anything about Alicia Silverstone looking “fat” when Batman and Robin can our.

I remember walking out after about 15-20 minutes and demanding my money back for the POS that film was. The more villains the Batman movies had, the worse they got.

47 posted on 08/10/2022 7:44:52 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Seruzawa
Women who look like women are apparently “fat” now.

That was back when female celebrities were expected to be waifs.

Today the trend is to normalize women whose lower halves resemble those of rhinoceroses.

48 posted on 08/10/2022 7:47:43 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: bk1000
Maybe blacks would stfu about it for one minute.

Not a chance.

"Blacks" (as a group, and with obvious exceptions) learned the lesson of the misnamed "civil rights movement" very well. The way to wealth, fame, power, and fortune in the New America is not to earn it. It is to whine, and cry, and protest, and demand that government rob White people and give (some of) the proceeds to the blacks who whine, cry, and protest.

49 posted on 08/10/2022 7:51:12 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: PLMerite

I can see how someone might, hypothetically, say that the costume really doesn’t look so good on her. That it would look much better on the floor, next to the bed ...


50 posted on 08/10/2022 7:54:20 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: HamiltonJay
I don’t recall anyone saying anything about Alicia Silverstone looking “fat” when Batman and Robin came out

Neither do I. Apparently, Alicia herself or somebody she knew found somebody somewhere in the world calling her "fatgirl" or "buttgirl" and Alicia talked to the media about it. It wasn't something anybody noticed before that. Even when the story came out the media had enough sense to put "allegedly" in their stories.

51 posted on 08/10/2022 7:55:24 AM PDT by x
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To: No.6
The purpose of the entertainment industry is systematically destroy the principle of beauty by methodically proceeding through the catalog of human artistic achievement and despoiling each one, towards the goal of the demoralization of the human race.

Agree! See "Modern Art and the Death of Culture" as a great treatise on your point.

52 posted on 08/10/2022 7:57:35 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: Pontiac
"Of course no one liked the 1984 treatment of Dune."

I do. I think it's a masterpiece, even if it deviates a bit from Herbert's vision. The efforts since have been lackluster.

53 posted on 08/10/2022 7:59:18 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Yo-Yo

Looks more like a KISS groupie.


54 posted on 08/10/2022 8:01:29 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Salman; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

Frankly, I think we’d be better off culturally if we ceased new “superhero” films, tv shows, you name it, for the next 50 years. I’m fed up with this endless repeating garbage, which has all been politicized by the Stalinazi degenerates.


55 posted on 08/10/2022 8:05:41 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Pontiac
Of course no one liked the 1984 treatment of Dune. ... The only good
acting in the movie was by Sting who thanks to this movie never acted
again.


C'mon Alia rocked! ;~)


56 posted on 08/10/2022 8:11:13 AM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: Salman

The real problem is that there are people out there, you may know some, who actually give a f#ck about comic book characters. Not little kids, oh no, grown men and women a lot of whom even attend gatherings where they dress up in expensive costumes and pretend to be their favorite comic book character. They will actually argue heatedly that one imaginary “super hero” could kick the ass of another imaginary “super hero” on the basis of his or it’s imaginary powers. These people are so immature that if they ever have to confront adversity in the real world, they will never handle it. I’m glad I’m over 70 and won’t have all that much longer to live in a world run by these f#cked up people.


57 posted on 08/10/2022 8:17:04 AM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“The idiot comic fans need to grow up.”

Comic fans are not the ones whining about the Batgirl movie getting cancelled, it’s leftists who are whining about it. Try to keep up.


58 posted on 08/10/2022 8:19:27 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: telescope115
I’m still waiting for Ringworld…

I second that idea and will add two more that I think would make great movies.

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven

Lucifer's Hammer by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven.

59 posted on 08/10/2022 8:27:13 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: dfwgator

DING! DING! DING!

We have a winner!


60 posted on 08/10/2022 8:44:05 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (Diversity is necessary; diverse points of views will not be tolerated.)
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