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A P

Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics : Code Switch : NPR - 4 views

www.npr.org/...ro-race-and-identity-in-comics

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  • A P on 04 Nov 14
     
    Also a new book covers this topic:  "X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor."  Interlibrary loan, anyone?   And if you love social media, "Superhero Synergies" might interest you.
  • shepherd_sn on 05 Dec 14
     
    "Personal prejudice: Hispanic and Latino women with blond hair look like hookers to me, no matter how clean or "cute" they are. Somehow those skin tones that look so good with dark, dark hair just don't work for me with lighter shades. Like I said - personal prejudice." This quote really stuck out to me. People like this are a major contributing factor in the lack of diversity not only in superhero films, but the film industry in general.
Katie Bronge

Where did Storm go?: Representing Race and Gender in Superhero films - CURNBLOG - 8 views

curnblog.com/...ng-race-gender-superhero-films

shared by Katie Bronge on 30 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Katie Bronge on 30 Nov 14
     
    This article is about race and gender in superhero movies. I thought this quote from the article was really interesting "As somebody recently pointed out, there are currently more big budget superhero films headlined by blond men named Chris than by women and other ethnicities combined. Even when more diverse characters appear they do so in less prominent roles"
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  • Lauren Portz on 01 Dec 14
     
    I am looking at this same topic for my project, and I think that women have just been portrayed as the damsels in distress for so long that it is hard to get passed that. Would a movie like Iron Man be just as successful if it was Iron Woman? It is easier for women to appear as side kicks such as Piper in the Iron Man movies. Even though she is not the hero, she does a lot to contribute to the success of Tony Stark. Would it work the other way around?
  • jgrahek on 02 Dec 14
     
    I thought this was a great article for my research topic. A quote i enjoyed was when the author was talking about women in refrigerators and said, "female characters are killed off just to provide a motive for their male counterparts. In the films they seldom even garner this much attention". This is very true in many super hero movies.
  • shepherd_sn on 05 Dec 14
     
    This was a good article for my topic. My paper deals with diversity in regards to both gender and race and supported some of the points in my research. I also liked the part about X-Men because that was the movie I coded and am using as examples for my paper.
bryanhennessy

Are Superhero Films Overstuffing the Turkey? - 0 views

www.tgdaily.com/...-films-overstuffing-the-turkey

This article talks about superhero movies being greedy. Directors are getting greedy jamming a bunch of superheros and villains into each movie.

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  • bryanhennessy on 10 Nov 14
     
    Comic book movies are still hot stuff for the moment, but there's definite danger signs ahead. The biggest one right now is Batman Vs Superman, which will also include Wonder Woman, possibly other heroes as well. This has all been inspired by The Avengers, and the studios are trying to line up similar superhero teams in the wake of its success.
nk0596430

Getting the Insider's Story Out: What Popular Film Can Tell Us about Legal Method's Dir... - 3 views

This article discusses law and how it is portrayed in film. There is a section that talks specifically about law and its portrayal in superhero movies.

started by nk0596430 on 18 Nov 14 1 follow-up, last by nk0596430 on 18 Nov 14
ameliafisch

List of all superheroes and villains | Superhero Database - 7 views

www.superherodb.com/characters

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  • ameliafisch on 27 Nov 14
     
    This is a database with a good amount of superheroes and villains characters. It provides statistics relating to their intelligence, strength, endurance and so on. It can provide a specific schema for certain superheroes or villains.
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  • haleygibbs05 on 01 Dec 14
     
    This is an awesome database. It can show a characters full history too along with images, their superpowers, weapons, etc.
  • Lauren Portz on 01 Dec 14
     
    This is a really good database can have... even if there is kind of a lot to look at, I think that it is cool to really break it down. You can look at this and see gender and ethnicity and really get an idea for numbers where they stand.
  • flynnchelseyr on 01 Dec 14
     
    This is very helpful. This helps with statistical relations too intelligence, strength, and endurance.
  • jgrahek on 01 Dec 14
     
    This is an awesome database, it is very helpful for my topic because I am looking at the underrepresentation of women as super heroes. I can easily go down this list and see that there are very few women.
A P

Chelsey Flynn - 4 views

Try to bookmark this again -- I couldn't get to it.

http:__everydaylife.globalpost.com_effects-superheroes-children-27905.html

started by flynnchelseyr on 04 Nov 14 1 follow-up, last by A P on 04 Nov 14
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Lauren Portz

The 10 Golden Rules of Superhero Movies - 4 views

whatculture.com/...-rules-of-superhero-movies.php

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  • Lauren Portz on 05 Nov 14
     
    I think that this is easily an example of cultivation theory because it fits with the idea that the more that society spends living in the television world, the more that they try to relate to it. I think that the more that you watch superhero movies, you get this idea in your idea that they have to play out a certain way, and if they were to go against these "golden rules" would the movie still be successful?
ryanmcevoy

Why do good guy superheroes get a bad rep? - 8 views

www.dailydot.com/...aptain-america-superman-debate

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  • ryanmcevoy on 19 Nov 14
     
    This article looks into how the society of today want a superhero that is not seen as boring but rather has a 'gritty' background. In order to modernize and feel relate-able the character must be darker and the story-line must fit into today's world, for example the dark knight fighting police corruption and urban terrorism.
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  • samheath on 26 Nov 14
     
    I also feel as though this article reinforces the idea that superheroes are also now seen as being 'imperfect' to relate more to society... At first, superheroes were near-enough flawless -- unlike the superheroes today. Case and point, Hancock.
  • hannonjacobn on 30 Nov 14
     
    Agreed. People don't like a superhero as much if they obey all the rules all the time and are a law abiding citizen because it's boring. It's more appealing to people to watch them take the law into their own hands. Captain America is a perfect example and the opening line: "Captain America is only interesting if he's a prick."
  • Lauren Portz on 01 Dec 14
     
    I definitely like the idea that superhero's are just as dark and as tortured as villains are. Everyone has a different background story, and they are not perfect, but it is what you do about your situation, and how you learn to grow from it. It makes it much more realistic for us to look at them and say "okay, they have their problems too"
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