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X-Men ’97 Showrunner Criticizes Marvel for Race-Swapping ‘White Villains’
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Veteran X-Men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo publicly calls out Marvel for 'race-swapping' traditionally white villains, sparking debate over creative decisions and representation.
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- DeMayo lambasted Marvel for turning white comic book villains like Norman Osborn, Kang, and Electro into Black characters, saying it 'reads funny' and becomes 'a visual story of white good guys beating up Black bad guys'.
- Despite recent MCU castings of Black actors in traditionally white roles, including Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mordo and Chukwudi Iwuji as the High Evolutionary, DeMayo argues these changes undermine proper representation and 'visually influence' how audiences, especially kids, see the world.
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Beau DeMayo, Colman Domingo, Willem Dafoe, Chris Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonathan Majors, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jamie Foxx, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Spider-Man, X-Men '97, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man