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Why Marvel Fans Don’t Accept Female Superheroes, Says Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy interpreter claims that projects to bring female characters to the segment “always fall apart”

Superhero movies have become a trend over the past 15 years. The consolidation of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) made works of the segment gain an attention that they rarely had in the past.

Still, in the actress’s view Sarah Michelle Gellar, there are many pending advances in this regard so that superheroines also gain prominence in the cinematographic genre in question. In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardianthe protagonist of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer made criticism in particular to fans of Marvel features. According to her, admirers would have a “retrograde” thought about the presence of women in such a universe.

“The genre is where women can really succeed and maintain an audience. But every time a Marvel movie tries to cast females, it just falls apart.”

The actress’ speech seems to refer to Phase 4 of the MCU, with films and even series that gave greater space to female characters. long like Black Widow, eternal It is Thor: Love and Thunder and series such as She-Hulk It is Ms. Marvel they placed women as protagonists or co-protagonists, but the reception was not always positive. Black Widow It is eternalspecifically, soured some of the lowest box office of the shared universe of the publisher.

Gellar then complements and presents his explanation for such reactions:

“Unfortunately, the public was not so receptive. There’s still this ‘male superhero’ mentality, this very retrograde way of thinking.”

Captain Marvel, example against or in favor of the argument?

At least in terms of repercussions and box office, a rare off-point in the MCU would be captain marvel. Released in 2019, the film registers one of the highest collections in the shared universe: US$ 1.131 billion, against an estimated investment of just over US$ 150 million.

However, it is believed that such numbers were obtained due to the fact that the feature film preceded Avengers: Endgame, the work that would serve as a conclusion to the story that had been told since 2008 through dozens of films. In addition, the understanding that it was necessary to watch the production to understand Ultimato, made available a month later, led many fans to theaters.

Comments from the general public were divided, especially on social media. The website Rotten Tomatoes, which gathers evaluations both from journalists in the area and from internet users, even recorded a score of 33 out of 100 in the section intended for users. As pointed out by The Hollywood Reporterthe feature received more than 58,000 reviews until the day of its premiere – a greater number than that obtained by Avengers: Ultimatum in all the months that it remained in poster.

According to the website Screen Rant, this reaction is attributed to the initiative of trolls who wanted to discredit the work. One of the reasons would be the feminist position of the main actress, brie larsonexpressed in a series of interviews.

Even with high revenues, captain marvel it will only win a sequel in fact in July 2023 – that is, almost five years after the release of the original film. The Marvels will bring the character together with two other superheroines: Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Paris).

Source: Rollingstone

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