I was watching an episode of Cobra Kai with my granddaughter, this TV show being a karate soap opera for teens, when there was a presumably lesbian kissing scene dropped into the film, with no character development, gratuitously put in. Even heterosexual activities have some context, but this was characters that were dropped into the story with no development, purely to give a gay focus. Here is one gay man’s view on this sort of thing:
https://amp.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/johnny-oleksinski-why-we-dont-need-a-gay-marvel-superhero/news-story/d6b985bae77d00f332abffa07a230dc8
“We the gay people have finally reached the Everest of equality. No, I’m not talking about the legalisation of gay marriage in 2015 … The big news is that Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo revealed that a Marvel superhero or two will soon come out of the closet. Pop the cork! Set off the fireworks! Call up RuPaul for comment! Now the world will learn that a gay hero can lift a car, make a quip and be as emotionally vague as any straight superhero can. That’s real progress! Is it, though? Seems to me like more empty pandering for my money. For some reason, the Disney-owned, multibillion-dollar-earning Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the scrappy banner-carrier of equality and representation. Black Panther and Captain Marvel were ballyhooed as if they were human rights victories as much as films, because who needs, I dunno, actual legal and societal achievements when you’ve got pretty lip service from Hollywood?
