'Avengers: Endgame' is the first MCU film to feature an openly gay character, but the scene qutn is already spirg cricism om LGBTQ fans.
Contents:
- "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
- MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
- THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
- MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME
- ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
- MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
Joe Rso played a gay man Avengers: Endgame. * the gay avengers *
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MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
The Rso Brothers troduced an openly gay character to Marvel's Cematic Universe, but the cred rollg for Avengers: Endgame isn't warranted. * the gay avengers *
“We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe told Deadle. A clearly gay character has fally arrived the Marvel universe -- although many sual viewers may miss the historic Rso, who directed Avengers: Endgame wh his brother Anthony Rso, portrays a gay man the blockbter, reports Deadle. "It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.
THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * the gay avengers *
Several mor characters, like Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie (Tsa Thompson) and Black Panther's Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and Okoye (Danai Gurira), were reportedly -gayed through leted scen. Anthony Rso told Deadle that the cln of the gay character reprented a step toward clivy that reflected the real world. "Marvel has yet to troduce a clearly LGBTQ superhero -- although the stud is reportedly searchg for a gay actor to portray one.
A Marvel executive, Victoria Alonso, told Variety at the Capta Marvel premiere that "the world is ready" for a gay superhero. Marvel parent pany Disney has weathered plenty of censorship battl over LGBTQ ntent s films, which began wh the overhyped “exclively gay moment” s live-actn remake of “Bety and the Beast” 2017, but the ristance to givg to the mands this time around perhaps signals an important sea change. Sce the “Bety and the Beast” kerfuffle, Disney has faced both backlash and praise for a lbian character Pixar’s “Onward, ” a non-bary character “Wt Si Story, ” and a gay romance Marvel’s “Eternals.
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * the gay avengers *
” The stud is rpondg to the outspoken cricism, reportedly rtorg a prevly-cut gay kiss Pixar’s “Lightyear. The “Avengers: Endgame” Gay Moment.
“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. Could Spir-Man Ever Be Gay? In 2019, “Spir-Man” actor Tom Holland was asked what he thought about a hypothetil gay spiy.
AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
Avengers: Endgame clus a scene that feels like too, ltle too late which director Joe Rso plays the universe’s first openly gay character. * the gay avengers *
OK, a gay Spir-Man is probably too much for the homophob at home to handle, but what about a beloved supportg character a spoff anchise? “Eternals” Has a Gay Lead! It’s only ftg that Osr wner Chloé Zhao would oversee the but of Marvel’s first openly gay superhero, makg history wh the troductn of Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos, whose hband and child are key to his dramatic arc.
MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME
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The stud paid the price, and the film was banned Sdi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwa, Bahra, and Oman, all untri where homosexualy is illegal. Amidst a publicy maelstrom surroundg Disney’s rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which crics emed too ntral but still uld jeopardize the pany’s special stat Florida, the stud is holdg firm on a lbian reference “Doctor Strange the Multiverse of Madns. But as Avengers: Endgame reflectns ntue to e out, there is headle after headle about Marvel's first openly gay character.
After some light vtigatn, turns out that the first openly gay character is a glorified meo by director Joe Rso.
The First Openly Gay Character qutn is a support group wh Capta Ameri after The Snap. Then Capta Ameri tells him that 's brave to keep gog on dat ~wh other men~ and then the scene is be clear, I'm not tryg to say that Joe Rso's portrayal of a grievg gay man was rrect or offensive, though 's non that all gay men are fans of the Yanke, not the Mets. Wh that beg said, cludg a gay person a peripheral role isn't an acplishment as much as s payg attentn to every day life.
‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
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Givg a sile character the moniker of "gay" isn't blazg a trail for LGBT cln as much as s hopg s dience is ignorant enough to nflate the monplace wh somethg fact that an average gay man a Marvel movie mak news as newsworthy shouldn't be surprisg.
It's the same approach Disney took by makg LeFou gay Bety and the Beast and sayg he was gog to have a "gay moment" when realy he jt very yly longed for Gaston. "We've done four of the films and was credibly important to to have a gay character reprented somewhere one of the four movi.
" But te reprentatn isn't a BINGO rd wh an empty slot that says "throw a gay here!
MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
Marvel's most proment gay Avengers tie the knot a new special g this fall. Hulklg and Wicn marry Empyre: Avengers Aftermath. * the gay avengers *
" If anythg, stashg a gay man the narrative so that Capta Ameri n pat him on the head and tell him how brave he is only rerc the ia that LGBT people should feel lucky to be clud at ntent is imported om youTube.
I would have preferred that the Rso Brothers, Disney, and the Marvel Universe ntued on their journey of creatg a good universe wh a pellg superhero narrative and left the wanton attempt of cludg a gay character on the cuttg room floor. But when you make a pot to create a gay character, have him do the absolute least, and then have ld as a step forward for reprentatn, that's a b of a another world, I like to image that Thanos is alive and that he ed his Snap abili a more nstctive way. If you're gog to go out of your way to make a character gay, give them a storyle worth payg attentn to.
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