Hi, I’m Apple…
…and I’m Ginger.
Isn’t the Marvel Cinematic Universe great?
It’s ten years since the films became linked, with ‘The Incredible Hulk’ in 2008 having a scene after the end titles leading into ‘Ironman.’
By the way, do you know what was the first film to have a scene after the end titles?
It’s ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ from 1985.
If you don’t know it, watch it for yourself. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed by the twist in the tail after the end titles.
But, young or old, male or female, black or white, confident or shy, there’s always a Marvel superhero for you.
We all fee like Captain America or Ironman sometimes, deep down.
The latest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is ‘Antman & the Wasp.’
Have you heard the latest buzz about it?
I’d love to be a fly on the wall there.
Yes, a quiet, small voice from somewhere saying “Please…help…me!”
But what the Marvel Cinematic Universe never does is change a character’s gender because they never need to. They create new superheroes and team ’em up.
So, why the fandango has ‘Doctor Who’ done just that?
Young boys have lost a non-violent role model.
Why not have a female Time Lord obsessed with what the Doctor did?
So obsessed she stole a TARDIS from Gallifrey, just like he did and even uses his name as a homage to him.
That way ‘Dr. Who’ can alternate them and team them up every so often.
Twice the fun, with two lead characters, instead of one. Will they, won’t they? They might even kiss!
But they didn’t because they didn’t have the imagination to create a new female character for women.
But ‘Dr. Who’ is not, alas, alone in changing sex.
What about ‘Winnona Earp?’
What next?
Will Robin Hood and His Merry Men become Roberta Hood and Her Merry Hockey Moms?
Will James Bond become Jane Bond?
Will ‘Dick Barton – Special Agent’ become Dyke Barton – Special Agent?
Will King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table become Bea Arthur and the Nights of the Golden Girls of the Kitchen Table?
Will ‘Charlie’s Angels’ become Charlene’s Angels?
Will ‘Transformers’ become Trans-formers?
And will ‘Downton Abbey’ return as Downton Abbess?
There are plenty of roles for women. All women need is the imagination to create them. Go to it.
Women don’t need male television executives changing gender, in a patronising, politically correct nod, like ‘Dr. Who’ has done.
Women should expect more that secondhand, cast-off male role models, re-cast as a woman.Women need new role models of their own.
That’s why the new ‘Wonder Woman’ film did so well last year.
And with that, it’s time for us to go now, alas.
Have a great week.
We’ll see you again next week.
Say goodnight to all the nice people around the world.
OK, goodnight folks. See you next Tuesday.
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