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ROXANE GAY'S 'WORLD OF WAKANDA': HOW SNDAL SPIRED THE NEW MARVEL IC
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Avengers: Endgame (2019) featured what was touted as the anchise’s first out gay character. Two years prr, Disney let fans down when the much-touted “exclively gay moment” s live-actn Bety and the Beast remake turned out to be a short shot of LeFou (Josh Gad) dancg wh another man.
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