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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12931\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/strange-movies-netflix.jpg\" alt=\"strange-movies-netflix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/strange-movies-netflix.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/strange-movies-netflix-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">\u003cstrong>By Robin Hardwick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">The way we watch movies and television has undergone a major change in recent years, thanks to Netflix. Older films not appreciated in their time get a chance at becoming cult classics, indie films without wide theater release find their audience, and documentaries get the popularity they deserve. 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The nontraditional narrative that switches back and forth between reality and fantasy may make it seem like there’s a deep metaphorical message about religion and the nature of female desire, but you could also just call it a senior film thesis from a women’s studies/film double major from Sarah Lawrence that somehow accidentally ended up on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70068660?trkid=2361637\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">Be My Baby\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (2006)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/haLtkGogYjg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">You’d think that there are no original ways for characters to “meet cute\" anymore, but the creators of \u003cem>Be My Baby\u003c/em> weren’t discouraged. In this film, the protagonist is fed up with getting involved with married men who pretend to be single, so she cooks up the perfect revenge plan. She “borrows” a child from the daycare where she works and pays a visit to all her exes, scamming them into giving her money when she convinces them the child is theirs. Luckily, one guy doesn’t fall for this trick...but he certainly falls for her!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70270394?trkid=2361637\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">Crazy Enough\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (2012)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/kAjAAswZxAk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">\u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> alums have gone on to create zeitgeist-defining films, become legendary comedians, and even win Academy Awards. Others, like, say, Chris Kattan, have gone on to star in a direct-to-video film, in which they play twin brothers with mistaken identities. No, this film is not one of the fake films featured in \u003ci>Funny People\u003c/i> or \u003ci>Tropic Thunder\u003c/i>, it’s an actual 90 minutes of Chris Kattan playing both a man stuck in a mental facility and his twin brother. 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The ladies report the theft, but leave out the part where they boned the thief, causing a major investigation by two plucky detectives who can’t seem to ever do their job correctly. “Cheeky British sex comedies” were a popular genre from the '70s and, if this is any representation of the genre, they seem to be neither funny nor sexy. Fun fact: one of the police officers is a dead ringer for Dave Foley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70084150?trkid=439131\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">The Last Word\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (2008)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/r7SJyrKX64I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">How could a film about suicide notes, starring Winona Ryder, Ray Romano, and Wes Bentley’s brow, not be a hit? This film is like a rehab center for falling superstars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70236197?trkid=439131\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">Brother White\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (2012)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/U_eJofHCTOE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">Although they are not for me, I can support films targeted at Christian viewers, unless they're absurd and offensive like this one. In \u003cem>Brother White\u003c/em>, Pastor White (get it?) reluctantly takes on a black church in Atlanta. I’ll bet he feels like a fish out of water! I’ll bet there are plenty of sassy black women to sass him up! Perhaps there are several scenes showing how he can’t dance. 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The gratuitous shots of a hunky muscled man in the shower during the opening credits turns out to just be lip service to the ladies of the '80s; everything else about \u003cem>Hunk\u003c/em> seems to read like a parody of '80s films: red sports cars, feathered hair, Valley girls, materialism, a brainless script, and sexism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70215465?trkid=439131\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">Holiday in Handcuffs\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (2007)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/I24mL7Ax1aw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">We no longer have to wait until Christmas to see what holiday fare ABC Family has spewed out for us because Netflix allows us to experience their Christmas movies on demand year-round. This family farce has Melissa Joan Hart kidnapping Mario Lopez at gunpoint and forcing him to pose as her boyfriend in front of her family for the holidays. A film about Stockholm Syndrome is perfect for cozying up to the fire next to the tree! As one astute commenter pointed out, this is essentially a remake of \u003ci>Buffalo 66\u003c/i>. I am sure Vincent Gallo will never find out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70147345?trkid=13466331\">\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\">...At First Sight (Two Guys Talkin’ About Girls)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc\"> (1995)\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/KpsPdzXWOQA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"normal\">Remember that brief period in the '90s when the world was in love with \u003ci>MTV Sports\u003c/i>’ Dan Cortese? 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Communication is largely via sign language, as only a few of them — Caesar most of all — have yet developed any capacity for speech. \u003cbr> That ends up being the first in a series of gutsy storytelling choices in \u003cem>Dawn of the Planet the Apes\u003c/em>, for it means that the opening of the movie — as well as large portions thereafter — has no human characters onscreen, and a whole lot more subtitles than one might expect from a summer blockbuster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is blockbuster counterprogramming to the numbing mindlessness of a movie like \u003cem>Transformers\u003c/em> just as surely as the less extensively released \u003cem>Snowpiercer\u003c/em> was two weeks ago. 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But the backlash kicked into high gear with the Special Editions, theatrical re-releases of the Original Trilogy in 1997, which featured new material, special effects upgrades, and tweaks to original scenes, the most infamous being the cantina shootout that introduces Han Solo.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/fKxOEUhRMt0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/fKxOEUhRMt0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In the original release, a reptilian bounty hunter named Greedo threatens our man, Han. Han shoots him in cold blood. 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"content": "\u003cp>This is the season for news stories about shark bites. It’s also the season when some theater somewhere will play \u003cem>Jaws,\u003c/em> the 1975 thriller in which three men go hunting for a man-eating shark. One of them is a marine biologist played by Richard Dreyfuss, whose daughter, journalist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmilyDreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Dreyfuss\u003c/a>, rewatched the movie just the other day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterward, she talked about her impressions with her brother, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/bendreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Dreyfuss\u003c/a>, also a journalist, and the two published their chat \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Mother Jones\u003c/a>. Their conclusion? Between their dad’s character’s laughable attempt to kill the shark and the shark hunters’ insistence on using a rickety old boat instead of one that was sonar-equipped, the film doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They tell NPR’s Steve Inskeep that, as it turns out, the movie is quite different from what they remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Interview Highlights\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10138858\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/jaws-dreyfuss_custom-2f1d443a474bb8ca69898052f2d638fd4ee81595-e1404856006312.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/jaws-dreyfuss_custom-2f1d443a474bb8ca69898052f2d638fd4ee81595-1440x953.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975's <em>Jaws</em>.\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10138858\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975’s \u003cem>Jaws\u003c/em>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On forgetting who really said, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: When [people] hear that my dad is Richard Dreyfuss, they love to say that line to me and tweak it, like: “We’re gonna need a bigger taxi.” And so because I hear it so much, I really did assume it was \u003cem>his\u003c/em> line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: Our entire lives, when people come up to my dad, that’s the line they quote. … They don’t say, “This was no boating accident”; they always say Scheider’s line. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This is the season for news stories about shark bites. It’s also the season when some theater somewhere will play \u003cem>Jaws,\u003c/em> the 1975 thriller in which three men go hunting for a man-eating shark. One of them is a marine biologist played by Richard Dreyfuss, whose daughter, journalist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmilyDreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Dreyfuss\u003c/a>, rewatched the movie just the other day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterward, she talked about her impressions with her brother, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/bendreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Dreyfuss\u003c/a>, also a journalist, and the two published their chat \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Mother Jones\u003c/a>. Their conclusion? Between their dad’s character’s laughable attempt to kill the shark and the shark hunters’ insistence on using a rickety old boat instead of one that was sonar-equipped, the film doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They tell NPR’s Steve Inskeep that, as it turns out, the movie is quite different from what they remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Interview Highlights\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10138858\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/jaws-dreyfuss_custom-2f1d443a474bb8ca69898052f2d638fd4ee81595-e1404856006312.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/jaws-dreyfuss_custom-2f1d443a474bb8ca69898052f2d638fd4ee81595-1440x953.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975's <em>Jaws</em>.\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10138858\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975’s \u003cem>Jaws\u003c/em>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On forgetting who really said, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: When [people] hear that my dad is Richard Dreyfuss, they love to say that line to me and tweak it, like: “We’re gonna need a bigger taxi.” And so because I hear it so much, I really did assume it was \u003cem>his\u003c/em> line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: Our entire lives, when people come up to my dad, that’s the line they quote. … They don’t say, “This was no boating accident”; they always say Scheider’s line. And it’s a running joke with my dad that he’s like, “I imagine that Roy Scheider [is] just constantly rolling his eyes and going like, ‘God, Richard!’ ” …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s always clarified and been like, “Oh, thank you, I appreciate it, that’s lovely. Um, that was Roy Scheider. I was the fellow with the beard.” One time he and I were in Miami and he corrected someone and the person looked at him and said, “No, you said it,” and walked away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs#t=16\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On how it all ends [Editor’s note: Spoiler alert. Obviously.]\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: I really thought my dad was the hero. Not that he wasn’t heroic, but I thought he killed the shark basically single-handedly and then swam home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: I had just seen \u003cem>Jaws\u003c/em> last year when my mother had said, “Oh, look, \u003cem>Jaws\u003c/em> is on. My favorite part is when dad kills the shark.” And I was like, “Dad didn’t kill the shark.” And, she was like, “Shut up, Ben. I was married to him. He killed Jaws.” And so we watched it and, of course, he doesn’t kill Jaws. And she was like, “Oh, wow, I guess he doesn’t kill Jaws. I’ve been telling people I’ve been married to \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001702/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Scheider\u003c/a>, I guess.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpxOLhuNXfM#t=120\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On whether — if he didn’t kill the shark or deliver the film’s most famous line — their dad’s character is still a hero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: I would say he definitely is. Because he’s the only person who takes it seriously, and without him the beaches would have never have been closed and they never would have set out to kill the shark at all. So after rethinking … it, I would say he is definitely a hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: When he goes down in the cage, that’s the most brave act of the whole film. Like, he’s in the water, they basically all know he’s probably going to get killed in that situation. He made the brave act of going to fight that shark with a pole. And I mean, that takes chutzpah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: He was gonna shoot it with a tiny needle!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: Yeah, with a little stick pole!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On what their dad thought of their review of \u003cem>Jaws\u003c/em> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben: Well he \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RichardDreyfuss/statuses/484905862230601728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted\u003c/a> … ” ‘Jaws’ Is Ridiculous, Say [Kids] Who Are [Now] Out Of The Will.” But I think that was with love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily: The truth is our dad is so incredibly supportive of anything we do ever. I spoke to him and he was just tickled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Richard+Dreyfuss%27+Kids+Revisit+%27Jaws%2C%27+Conclude+It+Makes+No+Sense&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Wanted: Movie Superheroes Who Aren't Straight White Men",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/storm-phantom-marvel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12348\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12348\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Superman. Batman. Iron Man. Captain America. Wolverine. All beloved comic book superheroes with big screen adaptations that live up to their legends. And all heterosexual white guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that there's anything wrong with heterosexual white guys (some of my best friends are heterosexual white guys), but when the world is made up of a significant amount of different kinds of people, why aren't there more big screen heroes to reflect that? It's a question that I pondered especially hard when I found out that Ant-Man is getting his own movie. Yes, Ant-Man; another heterosexual white guy and a third-string hero at best (apologies, diehard Ant-Man fans). Why are we resorting to an Ant-Man film when comic books have some great heroes to choose from that reflect the rest of the population with compelling stories of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the best superheroes beyond the usual heterosexual white guys, who deserve a big screen outing of their own. Some are classics (Storm, The Question) and some are a little less known (Apollo and Midnighter), but all are needed to bring a little diversity to the current crop of caped crusaders on screen today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Black Panther (Marvel Comics, African American)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/phantom-marvel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12341\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12341\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black Panther has the distinction of being (arguably) the first African American superhero. Before the Falcon, Storm, Luke Cage or the John Stewart-era Green Lantern, there was T'Challa, a.k.a. the one and only Black Panther. T'Challa's story starts in Africa, where he is the chief of the panther tribe of Wakanda and defender of his hidden nation. As chief, the Panther has access to magical artifacts and herbs that enhance his agility, strength and senses to superhuman heights. Later in his career, he joins the Avengers, but not before he meets his true love, a girl from a neighboring tribe named Ororo Munroe, a.k.a. Storm. The two are eventually married, making for one of the best superhero couplings since forever. Another fun fact: Black Panther's publication actually predates the founding of the Black Panther Political Party by about four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mantis (Marvel Comics, Vietnamese and German) \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/mantis_1970s_avengers_h1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12340\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12340\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1.jpg\" alt=\"Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1-400x232.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The half-Vietnamese, half-German Mantis has a celestial backstory more complicated than even Wolverine's amnesia plotlines (at one point, she's thought to be some kind of outer-space Madonna primed to birth an alien messiah, you know, as one does). Her powers include a mastery of martial arts, advanced control over her autonomic functions (heartbeat, blood loss, body temperature) and an ability to astral project. Mantis is such a powerful empath she's even able to find weakness in Norse God Thor and quickly overpowers him. One of her more compelling character arcs is a period as a sex worker in Vietnam. Let's see \u003cem>that\u003c/em> in the next \u003cem>Avengers\u003c/em> movie (a team Mantis eventually joins).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Storm (Marvel Comics, African)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/3207391-storm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12342\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12342\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/3207391-storm-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know that Storm has already technically had four big screen outings in the X-Men series (five if you count her childhood cameo in \u003cem>X-Men: First Class\u003c/em>), but seriously, let's talk about an underused character. Mystique and Jean Grey aside, most of the women in X-Men are criminally underused. If ever there was a Marvel woman worthy of a spin-off, it's Storm. Between her childhood divided as a orphan pickpocket in Egypt and a weather witch worshipped by an African tribe as a goddess, her superior superpowers (seriously, she could end this drought in twenty minutes with a white-eyed summoning of heavy rain) and one of the most iconic heroine looks in all comiclandia, she's got more than enough heft to carry an entire film. What makes Storm's underuse all the worse is that Academy Award winner Halle Berry keeps coming back to the part \u003cem>desperate\u003c/em> to do something other than play sidekick to the men. Bryan Singer, please consider a standalone Storm feature. I want to see Halle \"let it go\" like that chick in \u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> and freeze an entire slew of baddies in a magical CGI blizzard. If Halle is tired of the role, wouldn't \u003cem>Scandal\u003c/em>'s Kerry Washington be a great new choice? She's got the acting chops, the attitude and she's already a sort of heroine on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Vixen (D.C. Comics, African)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/vixen_002/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12343\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12343 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002.jpg\" alt=\"Vixen_002\" width=\"545\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002.jpg 545w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002-400x317.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: D.C. Comics\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the minute I saw Lupita Nyong'o, I hoped that Hollywood would wake up and cast her as one of the best black heroines since Storm. Since then, there's been a few rumors this might actually come to pass! Vixen's powers and backstory are tied to her African roots, making African born Nyong'o a match in more ways than just her incredible resemblance to some incarnations of the character. Born Mari Jiwe McCabe in the fictional nation of Zambesi, Mari is the latest in a long line of Tantu descendants to wield the power of the legendary Tantu Totem, which gives her the power to assume animal abilities to protect the innocent. To get the totem, she first has to battle her warlord uncle and (gasp) survive life in the fashion industry as a model. A superheroine of color who also serves as an indictment on the white-ideal-obsessed modeling industry? Yes, please! In the meantime, let's just hope Nyong'o's role in the new \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> film contains enough action that D.C. decides they'd be fools not to build a Vixen series around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Aztek (D.C. Comics, Latino) \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/aztek_011/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12344\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12344\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Aztek_011-1024x364.jpg\" alt=\"Aztek_011\" width=\"640\" height=\"228\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: D.C. Comics\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not since Wonder Woman's origins in Greek mythology has a superhero used existing myths and legends to such great effect. Aztec was born Uno, a child raised to one day be the champion of the god Quetzacoatl to battle the evil Tezcatipoca. Like Wonder Woman, he uses a magic suit of armor handed down by the gods to enhance his powers and abilities. His superpowers include flight, god-like strength, body camouflage, as well as manipulation of his body mass. Another cool aspect of this hero is that he was blind for a while (like Daredevil before him), adding him to the list of differently-abled heroes that includes the great Charles Xavier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Apollo and Midnighter (Wildstorm, Gay Couple)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/apollo-midnighter/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12345\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12345\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo-Midnighter\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter.jpg 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter-400x168.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wildstorm\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authority members Apollo and Midnighter are as close as superhero partners can get. Well, actually...they're closer. If Batman and Superman were in a romantic relationship, they'd basically be Apollo and Midnighter, the gay superhero couple from Wildstorm's \u003cem>Stormwatch\u003c/em> series. The gritty, not always clearly moral characters (there's far more killing in Wildstorm comics than in Marvel and D.C.) are dark and conflicted, but never waver in their marriage. I wish all gay little boys could get their hands on some Apollo and Midnighter comics. Not only would they learn heroes come in all forms and sexualities, but they'd also get to hope to one day meet an Apollo or Midnighter of their very own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Question/Renee Montoya (D.C. 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Comics\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know the lesbian Batwoman Kate Kane is the most obvious choice for a gay female superhero film, but I've always had an overwhelming admiration for her lover, former Gotham City police detective Renee Montoya in her mantle as The Question. Although not the first to take up the blank face, Montoya is a great metaphor for all the faceless women of color she gets to represent in her vigilante incarnation. Hardened by her police work and her past, the recovering alcoholic Montoya is complicated and a bit of a loner at times, but her intentions are always in the right place. Plus, Montoya's Question has some of the best gadgets in Gotham, including a non-fatal energy pistol and that iconic blank mask that protects her from poison gasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Northstar (Marvel Comics, First Superhero to Come Cut as Gay)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/astonishing-x-men51-0011/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12347\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12347\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011.jpg 519w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011-400x221.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a kid, there was always something about Alpha Flight/X-Men member Northstar that drew me to him... When he came out of the comic closet in 1992 (the first comic book character to do so), it all made sense. We were compatible, so to speak. The French Canadian hero has a great backstory: he was a one-time Olympic athlete and he's super close to his twin sister Aurora, who's another character worthy of the big screen. In addition to being the first out comic character, Northstar (real name Jean-Paul Beaubier) also adopted an HIV-positive infant, who was abandoned at birth in one of the first major comic storylines addressing the crisis. His powers are also remarkable; Northstar can channel his kinetic energy into his body for super speed, super power and even super stamina and endurance. In 2012, Northstar had another comic first: he married his longtime partner, Kyle Jinadu, in \u003cem>Astonishing X-Men #51\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/storm-phantom-marvel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12348\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12348\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/storm-phantom-marvel-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Superman. Batman. Iron Man. Captain America. Wolverine. All beloved comic book superheroes with big screen adaptations that live up to their legends. And all heterosexual white guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that there's anything wrong with heterosexual white guys (some of my best friends are heterosexual white guys), but when the world is made up of a significant amount of different kinds of people, why aren't there more big screen heroes to reflect that? It's a question that I pondered especially hard when I found out that Ant-Man is getting his own movie. Yes, Ant-Man; another heterosexual white guy and a third-string hero at best (apologies, diehard Ant-Man fans). Why are we resorting to an Ant-Man film when comic books have some great heroes to choose from that reflect the rest of the population with compelling stories of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the best superheroes beyond the usual heterosexual white guys, who deserve a big screen outing of their own. Some are classics (Storm, The Question) and some are a little less known (Apollo and Midnighter), but all are needed to bring a little diversity to the current crop of caped crusaders on screen today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Black Panther (Marvel Comics, African American)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/phantom-marvel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12341\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12341\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/phantom-marvel-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black Panther has the distinction of being (arguably) the first African American superhero. Before the Falcon, Storm, Luke Cage or the John Stewart-era Green Lantern, there was T'Challa, a.k.a. the one and only Black Panther. T'Challa's story starts in Africa, where he is the chief of the panther tribe of Wakanda and defender of his hidden nation. As chief, the Panther has access to magical artifacts and herbs that enhance his agility, strength and senses to superhuman heights. Later in his career, he joins the Avengers, but not before he meets his true love, a girl from a neighboring tribe named Ororo Munroe, a.k.a. Storm. The two are eventually married, making for one of the best superhero couplings since forever. Another fun fact: Black Panther's publication actually predates the founding of the Black Panther Political Party by about four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mantis (Marvel Comics, Vietnamese and German) \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/mantis_1970s_avengers_h1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12340\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12340\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1.jpg\" alt=\"Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Mantis_1970s_Avengers_h1-400x232.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The half-Vietnamese, half-German Mantis has a celestial backstory more complicated than even Wolverine's amnesia plotlines (at one point, she's thought to be some kind of outer-space Madonna primed to birth an alien messiah, you know, as one does). Her powers include a mastery of martial arts, advanced control over her autonomic functions (heartbeat, blood loss, body temperature) and an ability to astral project. Mantis is such a powerful empath she's even able to find weakness in Norse God Thor and quickly overpowers him. One of her more compelling character arcs is a period as a sex worker in Vietnam. Let's see \u003cem>that\u003c/em> in the next \u003cem>Avengers\u003c/em> movie (a team Mantis eventually joins).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Storm (Marvel Comics, African)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/3207391-storm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12342\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12342\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/3207391-storm-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know that Storm has already technically had four big screen outings in the X-Men series (five if you count her childhood cameo in \u003cem>X-Men: First Class\u003c/em>), but seriously, let's talk about an underused character. Mystique and Jean Grey aside, most of the women in X-Men are criminally underused. If ever there was a Marvel woman worthy of a spin-off, it's Storm. Between her childhood divided as a orphan pickpocket in Egypt and a weather witch worshipped by an African tribe as a goddess, her superior superpowers (seriously, she could end this drought in twenty minutes with a white-eyed summoning of heavy rain) and one of the most iconic heroine looks in all comiclandia, she's got more than enough heft to carry an entire film. What makes Storm's underuse all the worse is that Academy Award winner Halle Berry keeps coming back to the part \u003cem>desperate\u003c/em> to do something other than play sidekick to the men. Bryan Singer, please consider a standalone Storm feature. I want to see Halle \"let it go\" like that chick in \u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> and freeze an entire slew of baddies in a magical CGI blizzard. If Halle is tired of the role, wouldn't \u003cem>Scandal\u003c/em>'s Kerry Washington be a great new choice? She's got the acting chops, the attitude and she's already a sort of heroine on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Vixen (D.C. Comics, African)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/vixen_002/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12343\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12343 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002.jpg\" alt=\"Vixen_002\" width=\"545\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002.jpg 545w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Vixen_002-400x317.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: D.C. Comics\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the minute I saw Lupita Nyong'o, I hoped that Hollywood would wake up and cast her as one of the best black heroines since Storm. Since then, there's been a few rumors this might actually come to pass! Vixen's powers and backstory are tied to her African roots, making African born Nyong'o a match in more ways than just her incredible resemblance to some incarnations of the character. Born Mari Jiwe McCabe in the fictional nation of Zambesi, Mari is the latest in a long line of Tantu descendants to wield the power of the legendary Tantu Totem, which gives her the power to assume animal abilities to protect the innocent. To get the totem, she first has to battle her warlord uncle and (gasp) survive life in the fashion industry as a model. A superheroine of color who also serves as an indictment on the white-ideal-obsessed modeling industry? Yes, please! In the meantime, let's just hope Nyong'o's role in the new \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> film contains enough action that D.C. decides they'd be fools not to build a Vixen series around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Aztek (D.C. Comics, Latino) \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/aztek_011/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12344\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12344\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Aztek_011-1024x364.jpg\" alt=\"Aztek_011\" width=\"640\" height=\"228\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: D.C. Comics\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not since Wonder Woman's origins in Greek mythology has a superhero used existing myths and legends to such great effect. Aztec was born Uno, a child raised to one day be the champion of the god Quetzacoatl to battle the evil Tezcatipoca. Like Wonder Woman, he uses a magic suit of armor handed down by the gods to enhance his powers and abilities. His superpowers include flight, god-like strength, body camouflage, as well as manipulation of his body mass. Another cool aspect of this hero is that he was blind for a while (like Daredevil before him), adding him to the list of differently-abled heroes that includes the great Charles Xavier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Apollo and Midnighter (Wildstorm, Gay Couple)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/apollo-midnighter/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12345\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12345\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo-Midnighter\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter.jpg 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/Apollo-Midnighter-400x168.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wildstorm\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authority members Apollo and Midnighter are as close as superhero partners can get. Well, actually...they're closer. If Batman and Superman were in a romantic relationship, they'd basically be Apollo and Midnighter, the gay superhero couple from Wildstorm's \u003cem>Stormwatch\u003c/em> series. The gritty, not always clearly moral characters (there's far more killing in Wildstorm comics than in Marvel and D.C.) are dark and conflicted, but never waver in their marriage. I wish all gay little boys could get their hands on some Apollo and Midnighter comics. Not only would they learn heroes come in all forms and sexualities, but they'd also get to hope to one day meet an Apollo or Midnighter of their very own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Question/Renee Montoya (D.C. 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Plus, Montoya's Question has some of the best gadgets in Gotham, including a non-fatal energy pistol and that iconic blank mask that protects her from poison gasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Northstar (Marvel Comics, First Superhero to Come Cut as Gay)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/05/wanted-movie-superheroes-who-arent-straight-white-men/astonishing-x-men51-0011/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12347\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12347\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Marvel\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011.jpg 519w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/astonishing-x-men51-0011-400x221.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Marvel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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