Superman director James Gunn’s controversial claim about women is totally correct
Chris Snellgrove | publishing
James Gunn was never afraid to express his opinion. In 2018, some of his ancient offensive tweets spread, which led to him being fired by Disney. As a new DCU architect, he has fewer feathers as it used to be, but he has recently made a controversy Peacemaker: Official podcast with James Gunn.
Gunn believes that when there are major flaws, a strong female role is better. He believes this is the best way to give these characters personality and avoid the bland “female bad**” prototype. While some people find this controversy, Gunn’s popularity is completely correct.
Gunn claims to be Jennifer Holland Peacefulsaid: “As a woman, you don’t always play very three-dimensional, complex characters.” She continued: “Either women are really mean and terrible, or they are really friendly, sweet and cute.” She ended her thoughts with complimenting Gunn, telling him “you add a lot of dimensions to the character.”
James Gunn responded to the Dutch comments, noting that when he first started making the film: “female characters are always perfect for the most part.” This leads to his annoying “female bad*ss” clichés because these characters “have no personality” like male counterparts like Stars and Deadpool. Gunn feels adding flaws will create more complex characters, and from a creative standpoint, “the coolest thing you can do.”
Naturally, some fans made exceptions to Gunn’s comments because they saw his words as an attack on women, as if he was saying that the best thing a writer could do to a strong female character is to make her weaker. However, DCU GURU simply points out that when the audience’s characters are flawed, they find the characters more interesting. Otherwise, you will have a very static, very boring character that never really grows.
In his male role, Gunn takes his advice: Star Master has many heroic moments, but these moments are special because most of the time, he is a stupid, narcissistic loser who gets nothing but charm and luck. The peacemaker is also a man who is willing and able to save the world, but he is stupid, arrogant, and his best friend is a wary man of murder. This is also why Harcourt is so popular: She blends into male characters due to her flaws Peacefulall of which are goods that are damaged in one way or another.
Anyone who lived in the 80s and 90s knew that James Gunn was referring to movies with perfect (and perfectly bland) female characters. In the original The deadly kombat Movies, for example, the fan favorite character Sonya is reduced to a tasteless tough girl prototype; in the original Tomb Raider movie, the complex Lara Croft character turns into a universal action girl. And original and updated Red Sonja The film adapts complex comic characters into a bland female Conan without any interesting lines.
The most beloved female action heroes have flaws that make their personality stand out: Sarah Connor’s transition from frustrated luck to being thrown into a mental shelter makes more sense to her turn into an action hero. Originally presented as a traumatized and unstable woman, Ellen Ripley tells a far-fetched story about aliens, which is why seeing her performances with a tough space Marines how the Alien type is fighting against the Alien. On TV, Buffy Summers’ ability to kill death spirits is offset by the struggles of school and relationships, which makes every heroic moment shine so brightly.
James Gunn is right, the shortcomings don’t make the female character less outstanding. Instead, they make her more human and therefore more relevant. When you consider how many flaws he adds to the male character, it’s obvious that Gunn takes a truly egalitarian approach to putting imperfect people on screen. Ultimately, this makes them more enjoyable to watch, and this approach is likely to separate the DCU from the failed MCU, which fell on Gunn’s summer blockbuster Superman Soaring.
