‘Avengers: Endgame’ Gay Moment Explaed by Rso Brothers – IndieWire

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• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• "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
• WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
• MARVEL BOSS KEV FEIGE RPONDS TO CONTROVERSY OVER ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ GAY CHARACTER
• WHEN WILL DIRECTORS LEARN TO STOP OVERHYPG THEIR MOVI’ “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT”?
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' HAS THE MCU'S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM
• MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S GAY REPRENTATN IS BULLSH
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER WAS "JT MEANT TO BE A MATTER OF FACT"
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

The moment is quick, but ’s a tone nohels as reprents the first openly gay moment the MCU. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG

While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero. “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 Rso said. “We’ve seen now even untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso add.

Sendly, yep, you heard that right, this guy who lov the Mets (very masc) is gay, and what’s more, he’s the first openly gay character a Marvel superhero movie. Capta Ameri, An Ally, tells the gay guy that thgs are hard, but he’s dog good work gettg himself out there, and then the scene ends. Time to celebrate, uh, gay Mets guy!

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

Joe, one of the two Rso brothers who directed Endgame, plays the gay character himself.

“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them, ” Joe said.

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

Star Trek Beyond ma John Cho’s Sulu gay wh a man-hug that you probably wouldn’t have noticed if weren’t for the disurse that spng up around .

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

Bety and the Beast gave LeFou that famo “exclively gay moment” that amounted to a short dance wh a henchman. ) Includg a scene wh a gay character as mor as this don’t rectify that realy, jt mak the overwhelmg samens of the rt of the enterprise more stark. This isn’t to say that I don’t appreciate seeg gay characters appear on screen, or that I want studs to stop pictg them.

WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU

Consirg how tied a movie’s succs is to the ternatnal box office — and how some untry’s ernments feel about homosexualy (see Bohemian Rhapsody’s Cha ed) — is,  an abstract, unemotnal way, imprsive that the Rso brothers got such a direct mentn of homosexualy to Avengers: Endgame. — to be lookg to st a gay Asian lead.

Anyway, ngrats to the gay Mets guy on his date. Avengers: Endgame’s Gay Moment Jt Feels Exhstg.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE

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. ” The stud is rpondg to the outspoken cricism, reportedly rtorg a prevly-cut gay kiss Pixar’s “Lightyear.

The “Avengers: Endgame” Gay Moment. Could Spir-Man Ever Be Gay?

MARVEL BOSS KEV FEIGE RPONDS TO CONTROVERSY OVER ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ GAY CHARACTER

In 2019, “Spir-Man” actor Tom Holland was asked what he thought about a hypothetil gay spiy. 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.

The stud paid the price, and the film was banned Sdi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwa, Bahra, and Oman, all untri where homosexualy is illegal.

WHEN WILL DIRECTORS LEARN TO STOP OVERHYPG THEIR MOVI’ “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT”?

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. ”While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero. ”“We’ve seen now even untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso add.

THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

“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.

"Disney has a history of showg brief "gay moments" recent films like "Avengers: Endgame" and "Bety and the Beast.

"Marvel's "The Eternals" will feature a more proment openly gay character when to theaters next Insir's homepage for more.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' HAS THE MCU'S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER

A pattern of subtle gay moments Disney blockbtersThe moment is also troublome bee this isn't the first time Disney put a scene like this one of s larger movi.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM

Disney put a blk-and-you'll-miss- "gay moment" 2017's "Bety and the Beast" near the film's end.

MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME

The pany also had a siar overblown moment "Avengers: Endgame" that was praised for showsg Marvel's first openly gay character. You may image the openly gay character mt have been one of the film's dozens of superhero on screen, right?

Did you even tch that this moment wh the "Avengers: Endgame" director was a mor "gay moment"? "It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. Next November, Marvel's "The Eternals" will troduce an openly gay character who is married wh children as part of s st.

Brian Tyree Henry will play Phastos, an openly gay character wh a fay, "The Eternals. The ed, dubbed the “femized” versn of the Marvel blockbter, rids the film of every scene that one anonymo ter troll emed femist or gay. 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.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S GAY REPRENTATN IS BULLSH

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. Wh Avengers: Endgame, Gay People Fally Exist the MCU.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER WAS "JT MEANT TO BE A MATTER OF FACT"

The MCU's 22nd film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever.

Ially, a blockbter movie wh over a hundred characters ntag a sgle unnamed gay character for a uple mut should not be newsworthy. In this suatn, 's noteworthy that the 22nd MCU film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever. Endgame's unnamed gay character appears early on the film, after the "Five Years Later" time skip.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM

“Reprentatn is really important, " said -director Joe Rso, who plays the gay support group member, an terview wh Deadle. Steve/Tony shippers might fd amement certa pliments on appearanc, but such bs of funny banter don't unt as actual evince of a gay or bisexual relatnship.

The unnamed gay character Endgame thankfully don't seem to be the endgame for queer reprentatn the MCU.

Transgenr actor Zach Barack has a role Spir-Man: Far From Home later this summer, and Eternals is supposed to feature a gay or bisexual male lead.