The Superhero as Society's Mirror, From World War II to Iraq - 2 views
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/arts/design/14comi.html?_r=0 Chelsey Flynn this article talks about structural functionalism, plain folks, optimal level theory.
Marvel's Diversity Issue: Screen Output Doesn't Reflect Open-minded Comics - 1 views
This article talks about the stereotypical hero, villain, or woman in distress. Marvel has made a name on these stereotypes. Recently Marvel has been venturing out to make women superheroes and th...
Superhero Movies- Bryan Hennessy - 9 views
I thought this article was very interesting. It raises question as to where the line should be drawn in regards to should characters be explicitly only created to be role models and paragons instea...
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.
Superhero Comics- History in Tights - 5 views
The article talks about the history of superheroes. It talks about the evolution of superheroes from comics into blockbusters. Good for background information and history of superheroes.
Save Our Superheroes - 0 views
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In this article the author talks about how when she was growing up she didn't expect people of different races to be in superhero movies nor did she expect women to play a big role in the movies. However now in this day in age she expects more from the comic companies.
10 Little-Known Facts About Your Favorite Comic Book Characters - Listverse - 0 views
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This website shares some interesting facts about our favorite superhero movies that not many people know about. It definitely makes you look at the movies in a different light because most of them give you a fact that really changes your perspective.
Minorities In The Media - 2 views
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Minorities in Superhero moviesBy Lindsay Parsh Do you consider yourself raciest? Neither do I. But think about this. Think about all the superhero movies we've been watching lately and tell me, are any of the superhero's black? Are any of them Asian, Mexican, or any other minority here in America?
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This article really helped me while writing my paper. It gave me an example about some super hero movies that use racial and even cultural minorities and how they are perceived to be negative.
What Is a Superhero? - 4 views
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This article gave me a working definition of what a super hero is and what they are perceived to be and what actions of theirs are acceptable in society.
More diversity, please! Superhero films need minority characters in major roles - 2 views
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This was a good article that kind of laid out when minorities are present in superhero films, they are usually never the main character and if they are, they are the antagonist in the movie.
Marvel's Kevin Feige Talks Lack of Female Leads in Movies - IGN - 1 views
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"I hope we do it sooner rather than later." Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has responded to the frequent complaint that the studio's output doesn't give female superheroes their time in the spotlight. Feige states that his hands are tied when making a female led superhero movie because they most stay true to the Marvel franchise and comics which the super hero movies are based off of, and they do not have many female superheroes to make a movie from.
In superhero genre, movie girl power is in short supply - 2 views
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This article shows different classic comics with female led superheroes that could be made into movies.
The Objectification of Women in Comic Books - 1 views
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This article touches on how women have be depicted in comics through the ages, and how even as women gained more prominent roles they were depicted as sex symbols and degraded.
Official! The colour guide to superheroes - 2 views
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Some of the greatest comic book artists of all time had to work under restrictions. This is an example of technological determinism. Where the media, comic book creators, had control over the characters colors.
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This was definitely interesting to read. Many times when we think of superheroes and the colors they wear we do not think about the limitations of the artists creativity when drawing the character for the first time.
Where did Storm go?: Representing Race and Gender in Superhero films - CURNBLOG - 8 views
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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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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.
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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.
The Legal Troubles of Real Life Superheroes - 2 views
This article is about real life people dressing up in costumes and fighting crime/trying to help out the community. This article supports the question: Is it ok to perform criminal activity as long...
Which Crimes do Most Superheroes Commit? - 4 views
This article is a summary of all of the crimes that most superheroes commit in some manner. The article states a crime and explains how most superheroes would commit it. It goes along with my RQ: D...
History of Women in Marvel Comics - 7 views
http://marvel.com/news/comics/15530/a_marvel_womens_history_lesson_part_1 This is just part one of women's role in comics throughout Marvel history. Great for comparing movies to comics and perhap...
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