One day I was talking with my brother and my dad heard our conversation. We were talking about seeing Captain Marcel when it hit theaters. My dad expressed his dislike towards the female lead movie. We did explain how it was a side kick keeping the legacy of the original hero going. He simply said that he didn’t care, and how he didn’t want to see it. My father was raised during the 60 and the early 70’s so I can understand why he thinks like that. Some might try covering for him by saying “he liked Wonder Woman”. He stated how he only liked that movie because the actress playing Wonder Woman was hot. He stays true to that out-dated ideology of super heroes being mainly men. He later found out how the rest of us were going to see it and got upset. Even though he said he didn’t want to see that movie because of the lead, he still got mad. My brother even told him what he said, and my father just ignored it. This isn’t the only thing he has a problem with, he can’t stand homosexuals on tv or in movies. I understand how tv and movies are being saturated with super strong female leads, among other things but that’s no excuse. He will go so far as stop watching it because of certain themes present. For example, if there are homosexuals kissing in his tv show he will never watch it again. He told me that he can be multiple seasons in, but will stop watching if he sees homosexuals kiss.
3/10/2019
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