The Tuesday Edition - Mar 5, 2019
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie), Wonder Woman

We Need to Learn How to Be Constructively ‘Meh’ About Female-Led Movies

Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel strike heroic poses in their respective posters.
I didn't love Wonder Woman and I only feel mildly excited about Captain Marvel, but that doesn't make the movies invalid.
Movies, SEGA, Sonic the Hedgehog, Twitter

Twitter Is Not Here for Sonic the Hedgehog’s Weird Body Design

Sonic the Hedgehog looks at a message on an electronic device and seems disappointed.
Ever since the first images of Sonic the Hedgehog were released, we've had questions.
Movies, Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel Is Fun and the Only Negative Reviews Are Written by Men … Shocking

brie larson as carol danvers in captain marvel
I can't say I'm surprised that the negative reviews of Captain Marvel are written by men.
Movies, Disney, Disney princesses

5 Positive Lessons Learned From the Non-Princess Ladies of Disney

The lovely Disney Princesses in Ralph Wrecks the Internet
Over the weekend, it was shared that Disney is hearing the hype around doing a Disney Princess crossover movie, but we need some more love the non-Disney Princesses.
TV, Queen Victoria

Television’s Most Modern Look at Marriage Is on Period Drama Victoria

Victoria and Albert sitting together, watching something on PBS's Victoria.
Period costume dramas don’t have to be dry retellings of the events of long ago, and PBS series Victoria is proof positive of that. While the series does occasionally invent plot points from whole cloth (the entirety of Season 3’s Feodora mess, for example), it is largely dedicated to telling historical stories in a way that resonates with modern audiences, and using the lens of past to interrogate present-day issues.
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie)

Review: Captain Marvel Is a Bright New Future for Marvel Movies

Captain Marvel fighting in Space.
"Higher, further, faster, baby."
News, parenting, Terry Crews

Terry Crews Apologized for Implying Children of Same-Sex or Single Parents Are “Severely Malnourished” but Won’t Give Up the Underlying Argument

Terry Crews speaks onstage during The 2019 MAKERS Conference
Terry Crews has spent a week arguing about the importance of "paternal and maternal" love, but his choice of words has some insulting implications.
Big on the Internet, LGBTQ Representation, The Eternals, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Marvel Is Searching for an Openly Gay Actor to Star in The Eternals

Marvel's Eternals Comic
Could this be the fabled LGBT+ representation that we've been hoping for in the series?
Movies, Captain Marvel

Apparently the Marvel Movies Support a SJW Agenda, so Let’s Have an MCU Marathon!

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers in captain Marvel
Are we shocked that conservative commentator Jack Posobeic has a problem with Captain Marvel? Was there a part of you that thought he'd be all for it?
TV, John Mulaney, Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live

John Mulaney Gave Us the Sequel to the Lobster Sketch, and We Are All Reborn

john mulaney as a bodega owner on snl
The time has come and passed again for John Mulaney to take on hosting Saturday Night Live, and boy did he deliver.
Comics, Birds of Prey, Black Canary, Dinah Lance

Superheroine of the Week: Black Canary (Dinah Lance), the Champion of Loud Girls Everywhere

Black-Canary saying "Next" after painting the walls red with the blood of her enemies.
For The Mary Sue's celebration of superheroines we love for Women's History Month, Princess Weekes starts us off with her love for Black Canary.
News, Ilhan Omar, Muslims, women in politics

Anti-Muslim Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar Aren’t Fringe Happenings. They’re Coming From the Republican Party Itself.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) listens during a news conference.
Rep. Ilhan Omar is one of the first two Muslim women and the first Somali-American elected to Congress, and she faces attacks not just from regular hateful Americans, but from within the GOP itself.
Movies, Shazam

The New Shazam Trailer Teases Bad Guys, the Shazam Family, and More Laughs

zachary levi
The second trailer for the upcoming release teases the film's villain, played by the always reliable Mark Strong, and the Shazam family, though we don't know if they'll take on their superhero forms.
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