spider-man homecoming
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Counterpoint: Oh, C’mon! Spider-Man: Homecoming (and Its Diversity) Were Just Great, Jason
Jason Johnson, our political editor at The Root and an in-real-life close and personal friend of mine, wrote this last Friday about the new Spider-Man movie: Spider-Man: Homecoming is a fun movie, but not one that will stick with you for long. It’s significantly better on the diversity front than whitewashed Doctor Strange, or the…
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Spider-Man: Homecoming Diversity Push Makes No Spidey-Sense
Spider-Man: Homecoming has a lot of heavy lifting to do for one movie. It has to continue the Marvel Cinematic Universe, be a good Spider-Man movie after three straight critical flops and introduce Marvel’s new phase of casting “diversity.” Does it succeed? Not really. Spider-Man: Homecoming is a fun movie, and a decent continuation of…
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Yes, Zendaya in Spider-Man Is the Mary Jane We All Hope For
Earlier this week I wrote an article on my site about the superficial critiques coming from naysayers over Zendaya’s casting in the role of Mary Jane Watson in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming. After a period of exasperating sighs and side eyes once I was done writing, I stumbled onto another article on The Root from…
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No, Zendaya in Spider-Man: Homecoming Is Not the Progress We’re Looking For
Zendaya Coleman is everything that anybody black, brown or biracial could look for in an admirable tween pop star. She’s talented; her Disney Channel show, K.C. Undercover, is a campy mashup of The Proud Family and The Famous Jett Jackson; and most importantly, Zendaya is unmistakably, irrevocably and proudly black as hell—and don’t you dare…