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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They showed the actress in the role. She is attractive. So the movie must be absolute garbage as written.
Compared to a movie like Batman & Robin, which is in the "so bad its good" category where you can laugh at how stupid it is. Batman vs. Superman is in the "so bad its bad" category and has no redeeming qualities (and yes, I do not count Affleck in a Batsuit as a "redeeming" quality)
Nice background on the original Batgirl Yvonne Craig
https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/batgirl-yvonne-craig
#39 she sleeps with her 11 year son.....
Zoey Deutch apparently auditioned for the part. She would’ve been perfect, but the non-white producer Walter Hamada and these non-white directors of course picked a non-white actress for the part, showing their incredible lack of bias.
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