[P] So the lack of DEI in the Fantastic Four, being Fantastically '60s & aincredibly White? I'm not at all surprised. They wouldn't even cast Doom as a black fellah as "Doom is simply too intelligent for a black actor to properly convey!" And I think in the era of President Musk they feel safe to just throw out all that DEI stuff. Like I said, Iger's Disney was always pretty damn racist. Embracing DEI sincerely was never something they were interested in.

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

-7

[P] The latest Spider-Man films could've skipped White Spider-Man and opted for Miles Morales. He exists, he's in the canon, he's right there, and Sony used him! So why no— "What about Nick Fury? He's not a two-bit role!" He was cast by Marvel before they were bought up by the racist House of Mouse. I think it'd raise a lot of uncomfortable questions if they recast Nick Fury. So the point stands: Iger's Disney was always pretty racist.

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

-6

[P] There's a reason why Disney hasn't given us black Iron Man, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, or any main-line hero. There's a reason why Disney casts canonically not-White characters as White. They're still super-racist. The only reason they cast redheads as black people is because casting redheads as regular Whites would raise a lot of questions, ao instead they give two-bit, throwaway redhead roles to black actors.

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

-5

[P] Why, we could make Reed & Sue a power black couple! That'd be rad! "Oh no, no, we can't do that?" Why not??? "They're both in the spotlight as highly intelligent, beautiful people. They're major league heroes so they have to be White. Plus, fans would riot if we turned Sue into a vassalised sassy joke of a person." So maybe don't do that? Why not have an intelligent black woman? "Oh no, we can't do that, the audience would never go for it."

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

-4

[P] They're never going to upsrage a White. So, Disney gets fake DEI points and good optics, while never having to worry about a black person upstaging their glorious Whites. And the black actors are cheaper, too! Everybody at our racist megacorp wins! Oh, but there's not a redhead in the FF's canon. "Hm... Oh well! It's just going to be a super-White, White-coded film! We'll get our fake DEI points in next time!" But wait, there's a solution: REAL DEI!

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

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[P] Why is there no representation in the FF? There were no redheads. It's that simple. It's just cheaper to get a black actor for a redhead's role and it's good optics as it looks like DEI. Except the thing about that? Redheads at Marvel are vassalised, DC does a lot better by their redheads. It's rare to find a superheroic or genius redhead at Marvel, they always have side roles. So... if you cast a black actor as a redheaded character?

#disney #dei #fantasticfour #racism

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I keep thinking about this bit. What if superhero movies didn't have to be sarcastic Whedon quipping or stone-faced serious takes on inherently silly ideas? What if it was just The Thing being nice to his lil robot friend about the sauce he cooked?