"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
[QUOTE=Carabas;3832942]If Melissa wore that-it would be ONLY about that outfit. With a few comments about feminism.
In the beginning it was about that outfit-a legit complaint about a badly done outfit.
HOWEVER that outfit OPENED the door for every racist to attack that black actress. Lead by folks who would never watch that show in the first place-it just gave them a shot to go after a black women-who they feel should NOT be employed.
This is nothing new-we have seen this before.
How did all the hate for Female Ghostbusters turn in to an attack on Leslie Jones? Not the white female lead-Melissa McCarthy- I didn't see not one plot to shoot up or boycott her films like with the next two guys-
FF 2015 hate only targeted Michael B. Jordan.
Star Wars TFA & LJ-funny how John Boyega was the main target and aside from Kelly-no one else got trolled. Laura Dern hasn't been boycotted.
No one CARED about the TMNT or the many reboots they do UNTIL 3 blacks got hired and April became black.
The Marvel backlash-funny only POC, LGBT & women lead books got attacked. Funny the main targets aside from Ms Marvel are Riri & Moon Girl.
Batman has how many support staff? No one screamed boycott of the book until DUKE showed up. He's even blamed for Batman 50.
We won't talk Amandla Stenberg-the hate she gets for just existing. Nor Storm Reid.
Nor the certain comic group going after KWANZA OSAJYEFO to the point they want him ERASED off of Kickstarter.
It's not by accident it's mainly one group. And folks want to scream saying this deflects real conversations about the product.
Yet WHO starts it? Us who bring it up? Or the folks who start the harassment.
[QUOTE=skyvolt2000;3834740]Racist jackasses will be racist jackasses and have never needed the excuse f a crappy costume to be racist jackasses.
I doubt that if Anna Diop had been given the best costume ever she would not have received any less abuse. Some other excuse would have been found if needed. Racist jackasses are good at that.
And that's the entire point, comic book fans designs is so warped that somehow showing a fur coat is more provocative than the one-two piece swimsuites just illustrates how behind the times the concept design of costumes are. I mean do we really need a reminder of the backlash Wonder Woman faced for having pants?
Just to clarify, I'm not saying the costume is horrible. It's definitely tacky. What I have an issue with is the correlation of this = sex worker due to
1, Someone wearing a fur coat due to old hollywood costumes is somehow more provocative and revealing then someone like Sonia or Starfire's old costume.
2, the correlation of sex worker = negativity, which is a huge problem within America due to it's constant ridicule of sexuality.
So the status of the Cyborg movie is still up in the air, but apparently he's going to be a series regular in Doom Patrol. Now it just feels like they're throwing ideas against the wall with what to do with Cyborg.
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/08/09/d...n-wade-cyborg/
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This is really telling to me. Given that WB hates having two different versions of the same people in TV and movies (remember when they made Arrow kill off Amanda Waller and Deadshot, and barred the shows from using Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang anymore to avoid conflict with the Suicide Squad movie?), this just makes me even more certain that damn Cyborg movie ain't happening.
I feel bad for Ray Fisher because he goes super hard for Cyborg and it just becomes more and more obvious the WB/DC don't know what to do with Vic.
Unwinding the cord of Black Casting in the Arrowverse...
"Hey! Idea! Let's make Starfire Black. The comic version is orange anyway, so really, she can be played by just about anyone."
"Okay, cool. Let's do that! Wow, we're good at this. We're progressive. Oh, but wait--"
"What?"
"Cyborg. He's already black."
"Ohhhh. Right. Two of those."
"Yeah. Yeah. Two of thoooose."
"Well, we have to think about demographics? Okay? You know how the traditionalists feel about having more than two of thooooose onscreen at the same time."
"Yeah, the traditionalists! We barely get away with it on the Flash! People get uncomfortable watching Joe and Iris interact, y'know. They're like, "Is he gonna hit her?"
"Violence against women is no joke!"
"Preach! I practice my feminist values every day. Love dies when hate wins."
"Shame about Andy Kreisberg, though."
"I know! Damn b****s couldn't keep their mouths shut over a little harmless attention? Now we've lost one of the good ones.
"I could cry. I could seriously cry."
"Heh. It's kind of funny, though, right? We're gonna make Starfire black but we can't have two blacks--
"Don't say "blacks" that's not okay."
--Two people of African heritage--
"Much better."
-- on the same team so let's shuffle Cyborg over to the Doom Patrol. Oh! And just to make sure people are extra okay with Starfire, let's add Hawk and Dove!"
"Wow! That's brilliant! Swapping Cyborg for Hawk and Dove is like trading a brownie for a wedding cake!"
"I thought you'd like it!"
"I'm sold! Let's go celebrate! I'll call up Kreisberg and see if he wants to come snort some coke out of Melissa Benoist's armpit."
"They had SUCH a fun set!"
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"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."