Posted on 05/11/2015 10:30:33 AM PDT by presidio9
Comic-book movies have had a woman problem for, oh, forever. But this past week has been a particularly notable low for Marvel, which seems incapable of understanding that its superhero movies are laughably sexist. Let’s take a look back at the week of the studio’s tone-deafness:
Marvel released the sequel “Avengers: Age of Ultron” last Friday to criticism over its portrayal of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow. She was seen by many as overly domesticated and feminized — and grossly underrepresented in the movie’s action figures, a fact noted by “Avengers” star Mark Ruffalo on Twitter.
"@Marvel we need more #BlackWidow merchandise for my daughters and nieces. Pretty please. - @MarkRuffalo"
Director Joss Whedon deactivated his Twitter account after the film opened, leading a chorus of angry fanboys to gin up accusations that he’d been “driven off” by deranged feminists.
Whedon, an avowed feminist, issued a statement calling those accusations “horses - - t” — but the anger rages on (go on, just Google “Black Widow” and “feminists”), underscoring the idea that Marvel’s content fosters dismissiveness or outright hatred of women.
Relatedly, two other “Avengers” stars, Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner, slammed Black Widow as a “slut” and “whore” during the film’s press junket, for which they apologized — but which Renner repeated later on -SNIP-
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Ultron was a sloppy mess and Whedon should be ashamed.
Didn’t pill popping cause his death?
Feminiznais are pissed about something?
Well it’s either because Scarlett Johanson’s characterization was too accurate of a real woman, or else she’s just too good looking in her costume and they’re jealous.
I can’t seem to find exactly what they are mad about, that her character has a boyfriend? Do they want her to eat carpet?
Ah, screw it. These ****ing twits are just the worst. They suck the joy out of everything. They see all through the prism of “What does this mean for girl power and why won’t you go out with me? You’re just like my father!”.
Ah, don’t worry about it. Marvel can’t hear the whining and complaining over the sound of ALL THE MONEY THE MOVIE IS MAKING.
And that money, and nothing but that money, is what gripes the libs. They can’t stand people making money unless it’s them.
When I first looked at the headline, I thought it read "sexiest superhero," not "sexist superhero."
My mind is in the gutter.
IIRC, the Iron Man trilogy grossed over a billion dollars on its own.
Haven’t seen how much the entire Marvel franchise has grossed
Make that $10 or $11 billion after Ultron finishes its run
GDP of Iceland: $12 billion
But I will say, she did at least spend some time with the troops, and I give her some degree of credit for that:
YES!!! I haven’t been this stoked since my bris!!!
I............agree...
What were you saying???
I’m sorry, I was slightly distracted...
Yeah!!!
And if they do not stop, I shall taunt them a second time!!!
(Where’s my elderberry jam!)
She’s not really a “super” hero...
She’s just drawn that way...Anyone can be written well for, but she does not require much work...;-)
” Feminiznais are pissed about something?”
Back in the early to mid 70’s, when I was in college, Feminism was all the rage in Boston. I had my standard reply to an avowed feminist: “ So you’re a feminist? Well, isn’t that CUTE! “
Did you then ask them if they were on mesc?
Darn, I didn’t think of the mesc....!
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