Since our conversations about James Bond/Ghostbusters have been so fun.
I think the idea of casting a white actor to play Spider-Man as he enters the MCU is completely wrong, and more-so against the entire concept of the character.
The things that make Peter Parker an great character is place as an outsider. He's a poor kid from a working-class neighborhood in New York City. He didn't really know his parents, raised by other family members instead. He always struggles financially. He is ostracized at school.
But when he puts on the Spider-Man costume, the world sees him as someone else. It's hard to suspect Peter Parker is Spider-Man in the same way that Superman's secret identity is never really an issue. People look at this hero they idolize and never in a million years can imagine that the person behind the costume is a stumbling goofball (Kent) or a poor teenager who's social life is nothing but problems (Parker).
The Miles Morales version of Spider-Man is way more true to the original concept of the character. I think a mixed race kid highlights what makes Spider-Man great in ways that a white actor cannot.
Have at me.
I think the idea of casting a white actor to play Spider-Man as he enters the MCU is completely wrong, and more-so against the entire concept of the character.
The things that make Peter Parker an great character is place as an outsider. He's a poor kid from a working-class neighborhood in New York City. He didn't really know his parents, raised by other family members instead. He always struggles financially. He is ostracized at school.
But when he puts on the Spider-Man costume, the world sees him as someone else. It's hard to suspect Peter Parker is Spider-Man in the same way that Superman's secret identity is never really an issue. People look at this hero they idolize and never in a million years can imagine that the person behind the costume is a stumbling goofball (Kent) or a poor teenager who's social life is nothing but problems (Parker).
The Miles Morales version of Spider-Man is way more true to the original concept of the character. I think a mixed race kid highlights what makes Spider-Man great in ways that a white actor cannot.
Have at me.
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