Lost in all the business with COVID-19 and jokes about the #NewMutants release date carousel is the fact it will be the first live-action superhero movie to feature a queer relationship. Not queerbaiting, not a tease, but a relationship. atomtickets.com/movie-news/the…
I just really feel like this should be getting more attention. It's a shame that coronavirus and TENET have overshadowed everything else because seeing queer representation on the big screen, especially in a comic book movie like #NewMutants, is so important and so overdue.
For those who will inevitably ask me: No, I haven't seen the movie yet. I'm just going by what we've been told in press conferences and in 1:1 interviews I've done.
Yes, yes, Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead but, guys...c'mon. Not to take anything away from them but I mean an actual relationship that is explored, part of the story, and with developed characters. It's not just there for the sake of being there.
I'm not taking anything away from Deadpool 2, nor from The Old Guard, both of which I loved. But seeing a fully fleshed-out relationship in a big-budget theatrical traditional superhero tentpole from one of the Big 2 (Marvel & DC) will hit different for many fans. It just will.
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