Shazam 2: unnecessary gay character coming out storyline

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. When is it “necessary “ for a character to be gay?

That character was fat inclusive and they had the main as a disabled inclusive kid they also has the diverse family with one Asian parent and one Hispanic parent who adopted Asian Latino black and white kids. They made the movie as inclusive as could be to the point it was eye rolling.

Sounds like marketing to reach the largest audience possible. They probably ran the numbers and decided it didn't matter if you rolled your eyes. Why so triggered?

Any normal and average person would find it eye rolling unless they are huge leftists as you. It's currently a flop movie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not coming out when it’s always been clear.

Patrick and sponge bob are gay too.

And Bert and Ernie

And Thelma

It’s not new to us who see.

Nice. Do you also watch cartoon porn? You must if you're imagining characters created to be children as gay if they are same sex and friends.

Why do bigots always want to know what’s going on inside someone’s bedroom? When I see a gay character, I think love family connection. When you say a couple you think porn and sex.

Do you think of porn and sex when you think of your parents?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the deal with TV and movies needing to check every single DEI box? It's gotten preposterous and such a distraction from the basic storytelling.

Shazam 2 was a mediocre movie, but made even more so by the totally unnecessary gay character coming out storyline. It was so clumsy and poorly done, and didn't advance the story at all. C'mon. this is a dumb superhero movie for kids. what is the point?

I get it, OP. I hate it when movies have unnecessary heterosexual relationships. Yuck.

I know! It’s so unnecessary to show the norm. How crazy!

Lol expecting norm in a super hero movie.

Hello tgey are flying in the sky but the crazy thing to you is a character is gay. Lol.

P.s. Bert and Ernie are gay

No sh¡t they’re gay. But kudos to Sesame Street for not needing to make their coming out a big to-do. That’s the point.

IIRC a handful of years back, Sesame Street said that Bert and Ernie are children, that they are not in a relationship, and that they are best friends. (also, they are puppets.) It's funny that we can't imagine such a close male friendship without assuming that they are gay.

Their characters are modeled after Saltzman's and his partner, Arnold "Arnie" Glassman a gay couple.

Saltzman didn't start writing for Sesame until 15 years after Bert and Ernie were created. And while he may have modeled aspects of the characters' relationship on his own, they remain puppets and children, and have no sexual or romantic relationship.

[Anonymous]

Is this DCUM poster who seems to be obsessed with gay people and DEI and inclusiveness named Stephanie? The one who is making a stink about “social emotional learning” and is best known for mocking an autistic child singing the national anthem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. When is it “necessary “ for a character to be gay?

That character was fat inclusive and they had the main as a disabled inclusive kid they also has the diverse family with one Asian parent and one Hispanic parent who adopted Asian Latino black and white kids. They made the movie as inclusive as could be to the point it was eye rolling.

Sounds like marketing to reach the largest audience possible. They probably ran the numbers and decided it didn't matter if you rolled your eyes. Why so triggered?

Any normal and average person would find it eye rolling unless they are huge leftists as you. It's currently a flop movie.

It's just a flop movie for many reasons. But the cast is not the biggest reason for that. But you keep on thinking that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not coming out when it’s always been clear.

Patrick and sponge bob are gay too.

And Bert and Ernie

And Thelma

It’s not new to us who see.

Nice. Do you also watch cartoon porn? You must if you're imagining characters created to be children as gay if they are same sex and friends.

Why do bigots always want to know what’s going on inside someone’s bedroom? When I see a gay character, I think love family connection. When you say a couple you think porn and sex.

Do you think of porn and sex when you think of your parents?

Get this you're imagining PUPPETS and cartoons watched by children under 10 having an adult relationship with gay romance and sex. Thats disgusting. But not gross if they're adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this DCUM poster who seems to be obsessed with gay people and DEI and inclusiveness named Stephanie? The one who is making a stink about “social emotional learning” and is best known for mocking an autistic child singing the national anthem?

Keep spouting your nonsense. Now open your mouth I gotta take a dump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not coming out when it’s always been clear.

Patrick and sponge bob are gay too.

And Bert and Ernie

And Thelma

It’s not new to us who see.

Nice. Do you also watch cartoon porn? You must if you're imagining characters created to be children as gay if they are same sex and friends.

Why do bigots always want to know what’s going on inside someone’s bedroom? When I see a gay character, I think love family connection. When you say a couple you think porn and sex.

Do you think of porn and sex when you think of your parents?

Get this you're imagining PUPPETS and cartoons watched by children under 10 having an adult relationship with gay romance and sex. Thats disgusting. But not gross if they're adults.

No. You are doing that. You’re the disgusting one.

I’m imagining two people who love and support each other. Two people who help each other when they are sad and celebrate each other when they are happy.

Just like Kermit and ms piggy.

[Anonymous]

Agree, OP. DEI gets tiresome when it is blatantly shoved down your throat.

Movies pander to DEI way too much these days. It is so inauthentic and like consuming a cheap McDonald's hamburger of diversity.

Look at movies that do it right - Aliens with Sigourney Weaver as a strong female lead, Fast and Furious with the most diverse cast for the last 20+ years, Rocky with plenty of black and white characters since 80, Predator with a very diverse macho cast......

None of those movies had to force the DEI crap down your throat and they are some of the most memorable films ever made. Modern and culture think they invented diversity and were the first to ever think about it, which is a joke. They did it wayyyyy better in the 70s-90s when they simply had the characters exist as people in the plot without the need to hammer constantly on their identities. These days diversity is so plastic, fake, and contrived.

And yes op, film studios are pretty much forced into having diversity in the set of films, at least of they want to be nominated for an academy award.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. DEI gets tiresome when it is blatantly shoved down your throat.

Movies pander to DEI way too much these days. It is so inauthentic and like consuming a cheap McDonald's hamburger of diversity.

Look at movies that do it right - Aliens with Sigourney Weaver as a strong female lead, Fast and Furious with the most diverse cast for the last 20+ years, Rocky with plenty of black and white characters since 80, Predator with a very diverse macho cast......

None of those movies had to force the DEI crap down your throat and they are some of the most memorable films ever made. Modern and culture think they invented diversity and were the first to ever think about it, which is a joke. They did it wayyyyy better in the 70s-90s when they simply had the characters exist as people in the plot without the need to hammer constantly on their identities. These days diversity is so plastic, fake, and contrived.

And yes op, film studios are pretty much forced into having diversity in the set of films, at least of they want to be nominated for an academy award.

How limited must your friend circle be that having more than one or two “diverse” experiences is unusually many? I have fat friends, queer friends, immigrant friends, friends of many races, friends of many genders, friends of many religions, etc. Seeing a film with characters showing the diversity of human experience seems normal. Single token diversity characters seem more weird to me tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. DEI gets tiresome when it is blatantly shoved down your throat.

Movies pander to DEI way too much these days. It is so inauthentic and like consuming a cheap McDonald's hamburger of diversity.

Look at movies that do it right - Aliens with Sigourney Weaver as a strong female lead, Fast and Furious with the most diverse cast for the last 20+ years, Rocky with plenty of black and white characters since 80, Predator with a very diverse macho cast......

None of those movies had to force the DEI crap down your throat and they are some of the most memorable films ever made. Modern and culture think they invented diversity and were the first to ever think about it, which is a joke. They did it wayyyyy better in the 70s-90s when they simply had the characters exist as people in the plot without the need to hammer constantly on their identities. These days diversity is so plastic, fake, and contrived.

And yes op, film studios are pretty much forced into having diversity in the set of films, at least of they want to be nominated for an academy award.

How limited must your friend circle be that having more than one or two “diverse” experiences is unusually many? I have fat friends, queer friends, immigrant friends, friends of many races, friends of many genders, friends of many religions, etc. Seeing a film with characters showing the diversity of human experience seems normal. Single token diversity characters seem more weird to me tbh.

Ok, good for you. Do you think you deserve a cookie or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. DEI gets tiresome when it is blatantly shoved down your throat.

Movies pander to DEI way too much these days. It is so inauthentic and like consuming a cheap McDonald's hamburger of diversity.

Look at movies that do it right - Aliens with Sigourney Weaver as a strong female lead, Fast and Furious with the most diverse cast for the last 20+ years, Rocky with plenty of black and white characters since 80, Predator with a very diverse macho cast......

None of those movies had to force the DEI crap down your throat and they are some of the most memorable films ever made. Modern and culture think they invented diversity and were the first to ever think about it, which is a joke. They did it wayyyyy better in the 70s-90s when they simply had the characters exist as people in the plot without the need to hammer constantly on their identities. These days diversity is so plastic, fake, and contrived.

And yes op, film studios are pretty much forced into having diversity in the set of films, at least of they want to be nominated for an academy award.

How limited must your friend circle be that having more than one or two “diverse” experiences is unusually many? I have fat friends, queer friends, immigrant friends, friends of many races, friends of many genders, friends of many religions, etc. Seeing a film with characters showing the diversity of human experience seems normal. Single token diversity characters seem more weird to me tbh.

Ok, good for you. Do you think you deserve a cookie or something?

Nope, I just think OP should stop talking about how a perfectly normal collection of people is "forced" when it actually accurately mirrors a lot of people's lived experiences. OP has the entire Marvel Universe of superhero movies mostly about straight white men; why is it such a burden to have a few movies about other people sometimes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it's tiresome, I agree OP.

+1

[Anonymous]

Netflix does this and it's so annoying. They always plug a gay character love story that has nothing to do with the plot. As a black woman I am all for organic diversity but if every dark skinned black female character has to have a white female lover, I have to think there is an agenda.

The representation of gays in TV shows and movies is greater than real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Netflix does this and it's so annoying. They always plug a gay character love story that has nothing to do with the plot. As a black woman I am all for organic diversity but if every dark skinned black female character has to have a white female lover, I have to think there is an agenda.

The representation of gays in TV shows and movies is greater than real life.

This is exactly why it’s annoying and seems so contrived.