Black Mask as portrayed by Ewan McGregor is reimaged as a gay villa Cathy Yan and Margot Robbie's Birds of Prey, out Febary next year.
Contents:
- ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?
- DC FANS ARE DIVID ON BLACK MASK BEG GAY IN BIRDS OF PREY
- REPORT: EWAN MCGREGOR’S BLACK MASK WILL BE GAY MARGOT ROBBIE’S BIRDS OF PREY
ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?
On the red rpet of one premiere event, a Variety reporter asked McGregor and Msa outright: Are the two villas gay? An upg film the DC Extend Universe may make LGBTQ Got This Covered, a Rotten Tomato-accreded entertament se, reports that Birds of Prey will bee the first superhero movie to feature a proment gay character is Black Mask, a villa who will be portrayed by Ewan McGregor. "Though [Black Mask's] sexualy is never explicly stated [ the film], multiple sourc have told We Got This Covered that the sexual tensn between him and fellow villa Victor Zsasz will be palpable and the way he acts general mak pretty clear that he's gay, " the entertament se is creasg prsure for big-budget films om Marvel and DC to clu LGBTQ reprentatn.
There has yet to be a clearly gay superhero a major role, and studs have received cricism the past for "-gayg" some of s characters. Although there was technilly a gay character the latt Avengers film, the blk-and-you'll-miss- part was cricized for beg too small and for s portrayal by straight -director Joe the reports are te, is also unclear how Black Mask will be received by queer fans. Film history is ltered wh problematic villas who dip to trop like the "praved homosexual" or "sissy, " which are not beneficial to LGBTQ reprentatn.
In his apartment, he has a statue of himself and unrgo several (rather accurate) jectns of Botox, all playg to the stereotyp of gay men as va, wealthy, and overly-foced on their appearance. As a rult, many villas have been gay favor, and many queer-d femme characters have siarly been more femist as they break wh genr rol other ways.
DC FANS ARE DIVID ON BLACK MASK BEG GAY IN BIRDS OF PREY
After, however, filmmakers were forced to signal that characters were queer through visual cu and stereotyp, leang to “the sissy, ” g an effemate voice and mannerisms for gay men. The tenncy to show queer characters as morally rpt and then kill them off is the genis of both Queer Cod Villas and the Bury Your Gays trop. In advance of the film’s release, Ewan MacGregor and Chris Msa were asked if their characters the movie are gay, given some ter chatter to that effect, which was self fueled by the movie’s own marketg.
REPORT: EWAN MCGREGOR’S BLACK MASK WILL BE GAY MARGOT ROBBIE’S BIRDS OF PREY
For some, set off an excg prospect of more reprentatn and, ankly, two licly weird gay villas. It’s yet another way to toy wh queer dienc, and when lookg onle for discsn of whether Black Mask is gay, there are jt as many fans showg tratn that they were misled by the marketg and this terview as there are those pickg up on the cu McGregor’s performance.
While might seem like keepg Zsasz and Snis’s sexualy unspoken is more polilly rrect, sce would be better than havg a pair of gay villas, the realy is more plex.
He’s already a “charismatic fancy daddy of a villa” – jt own already and let him be gay for real! For a film wh so much fun gay energy, feels surprisgly out of step to engage an outdated, flailg nod toward queer reprentatn.