That's She-HULK, you dumb zithead!
Girls on Film: The superhero genre's 'giant green porn star' problem
Monika Bartyzel | May 23, 6:00AM EDT
During a discussion about superhero adaptations in the latest Scriptnotes podcast, host Craig Mazin and Man of Steel scribe David S. Goyer discussed the "attributes" of She-Hulk, who shares broadly similar powers with the Incredible Hulk. After Mazin described the superhero as "Slut-Hulk," and said she was made "just to appeal sexistly to 10-year-old boys," Goyer shared his own theory about the superhero, as transcribed by The Mary Sue:
"I have a theory about She-Hulk. Which was created by a man, right? And at the time in particular I think 95 percent of comic book readers were men and certainly almost all of the comic book writers were men. So the Hulk was this classic male power fantasy. [...] She-Hulk was the extension of the male power fantasy. So it's like if I'm going to be this geek who becomes the Hulk then let's create a giant green porn star that only the Hulk could f--k."
Goyer dug his hole even deeper when he was asked about adapting the Martian Manhunter, a longtime member of the Justice League, for film. Goyer said he would make the superhero a prisoner of Area 51, "then he gets out and he's really angry and he f--ks She-Hulk."
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Monika Bartyzel | May 23, 6:00AM EDT
During a discussion about superhero adaptations in the latest Scriptnotes podcast, host Craig Mazin and Man of Steel scribe David S. Goyer discussed the "attributes" of She-Hulk, who shares broadly similar powers with the Incredible Hulk. After Mazin described the superhero as "Slut-Hulk," and said she was made "just to appeal sexistly to 10-year-old boys," Goyer shared his own theory about the superhero, as transcribed by The Mary Sue:
"I have a theory about She-Hulk. Which was created by a man, right? And at the time in particular I think 95 percent of comic book readers were men and certainly almost all of the comic book writers were men. So the Hulk was this classic male power fantasy. [...] She-Hulk was the extension of the male power fantasy. So it's like if I'm going to be this geek who becomes the Hulk then let's create a giant green porn star that only the Hulk could f--k."
Goyer dug his hole even deeper when he was asked about adapting the Martian Manhunter, a longtime member of the Justice League, for film. Goyer said he would make the superhero a prisoner of Area 51, "then he gets out and he's really angry and he f--ks She-Hulk."
(click headline for article)
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comments there so far.