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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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Synopsis: The problem is racist sexist comic book fans. And movies about superheroes are serious serious cultural business for real grownups like the author.

Economic Analysis: Apparently, somehow through it all, Warner Brothers is still in business to make money.

1 posted on 08/10/2022 6:22:00 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Start referring to Batgirl’s death as a late-term abortion. That should silence most of the critics.


2 posted on 08/10/2022 6:25:25 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Salman

Hahahahahahahaha. The tears of my enemies are delicious.


3 posted on 08/10/2022 6:28:15 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: Salman

Whoever wrote that article is an idiot. Is this how people talk these days?

I must be in a bubble.


4 posted on 08/10/2022 6:28:46 AM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: Salman

This dreck isn’t “news”. It’s anti-White racial bigotry.


5 posted on 08/10/2022 6:30:17 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Salman
...Yvonne Craig is the ONLY BATGIRL!.........................
6 posted on 08/10/2022 6:31:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Geez. A company loses money dumping “Batgirl” in the dumpster and people in this country start whining like a bunch of whinyass little kids screaming that it’s the end of the world. The idiot comic fans need to grow up. You can’t act retarded all of your life.


7 posted on 08/10/2022 6:31:55 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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To: Salman

Shove it, NBC. No senient being believes your bullshi...er...bull Dorkbama.

Just sit there and hang out with your fellow very, very low IQ fellow journalism majors and pretend that we actually care about anything you say.


8 posted on 08/10/2022 6:31:58 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Zaslav is just getting started with his dismantling of the woke idiots at WB. The other race swapped crap Supergirl also chopped and faggot, psycho Ezra Miller Flash also scrapped.


9 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:01 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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Why can’t Batgirl get a break?

Because they just can't replace the wholesome Yvonne Craig with a woke, biracial lesbian. People just won't pay to see that crap!


10 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:19 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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According to what I have read elsewhere, this film was a wretched mess. The studio execs pulled the plug before they sank money into distributing this turkey.


11 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:33 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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“ 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.”

What claptrap…. What I remember most people focusing on was the insanely gay costumes of Batman and Robin and mocking the fact they had nipples, and how generally bad it was. I don’t recall much if any commentary about Silverstone being fat.

I am sure there may have been some comments by someone in that vein, but hardly was it a large or major amount of attention


12 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:36 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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It would appear that the wallets of “diverse DC Comics fans” were welded as shut as everybody else’s.


13 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:44 AM PDT by txeagle
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Yes the movie industry is supposed to operate at a loss so that wokesters can feel good.


14 posted on 08/10/2022 6:33:51 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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...Yvonne Craig is the ONLY BATGIRL!.........................>

See my post and picture below!
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15 posted on 08/10/2022 6:35:08 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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See post 12. This article starts out with a flagrant lie and just goes down from there..


16 posted on 08/10/2022 6:35:15 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It ain’t acting. It’s weapons-grade perpetual adolescense.


17 posted on 08/10/2022 6:35:31 AM PDT by txeagle
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To: Salman

They get all upset over a comic book character, but have no problem pulling unborn children apart in their mothers’ wombs. These are sick fekkin’ people we’re dealing with.


18 posted on 08/10/2022 6:35:45 AM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Women who look like women are apparently “fat” now.


19 posted on 08/10/2022 6:36:02 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Salman
If you want a diverse superhero, come up with one.

The majority of current super heroes were invented by men. Most of them Caucasian, some of them Jewish.

If you can not enjoy them, then invent your own.

Just changing their skin tone or their sex does not count. That is lazy and not creative.

20 posted on 08/10/2022 6:38:20 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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