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Neurodiverse Boricua living in Arlington, TX. Pro Mental Health advocate, Coffee drinker & comic/game/film addict. (he/him)

The emotional center of Brand New Day completely eroded my MCU fatigue. Spider-Man always makes me happy but this movie is such a celebration of love — for each other, for New York, for the people we misunderstood and should do better by.

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 4d ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is swinging far higher than expected, as the superhero feature starring Tom Holland and Zendaya is becoming a breathtaking triumph in its opening weekend at the box office for Sony Pictures.

The casting is diverse because it's anti-xenophobic. Characters say repeatedly there's some scary external threat and they're always wrong or lying. (Also honestly I kinda don't want "we should respect the grand traditions of not stealing or raping or lying" to be considered a conservative virtue)

On the other hand, it's deeply anti-imperialist, anti-rich privilege and its critique of the Trojan War is basically "no blood for oil." (And I think, on some level, anti-man; I think we're meant to think Circe had a point.) I don't think the diverse casting is window-dressing, in other words.

On one level, I totally get the sentiment of "ha ha conservatives hate The Odyssey but it's actually a conservative movie." It's deeply traditionalist, it believes Man should submit himself to God (or the Gods), it's about a manly white man doing manly things and having manly emotions