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One problem with Spidey's jokes over the years...
A lot of them do NOT age well.
Like all the fat-shaming jokes he's made to Kingpin and Doc Ock.
Or the joke he makes to Bonesaw in the first SPIDER-MAN movie.
That was not good. Almost feel like it should come with a disclaimer.
A lot of them do NOT age well.
Like all the fat-shaming jokes he's made to Kingpin and Doc Ock.
Or the joke he makes to Bonesaw in the first SPIDER-MAN movie.
That was not good. Almost feel like it should come with a disclaimer.
Hi, people who are new to this post...
This was never about the fictional people that Spider-Man was insulting.
It was about the audience, especially the younger audience, who might share innate traits with the characters that their hero, Spider-Man, was mocking.
This was never about the fictional people that Spider-Man was insulting.
It was about the audience, especially the younger audience, who might share innate traits with the characters that their hero, Spider-Man, was mocking.
I get how and why Spidey insults his foes. Honest.
I wrote the character for over 10 years.
In fact, the post that we're all commenting on spun out of a thread where I was talking about that *exact* point.
(See below.)
But this isn't about that. https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/1292222888913838082
I wrote the character for over 10 years.
In fact, the post that we're all commenting on spun out of a thread where I was talking about that *exact* point.
(See below.)
But this isn't about that. https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/1292222888913838082
It's about this: https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/1292314826514079744
Let's be clear, if these very specific kinds of jokes (ones about innate traits that young readers might share: body image, sexual identity, for example) were no longer made by Spidey (not Deadpool, Hellblazer, or whoever, just Spidey), you wouldn't miss them. Why? See next post.
I'm pretty sure Spider-Man fans, out of all the fans out there, would be cool with this. Because, as a wise man once wrote:
"With great power there must also come great responsibility."
"With great power there must also come great responsibility."
