"Anyone Can Wear the Mask": The Marginalization of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2022; Volume: 62; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cj.2022.a907197
ISSN2578-4919
Autores Tópico(s)Digital Games and Media
Resumoabstract: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, 2018) marks the film debut of biracial Spider-Man Miles Morales, with the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker, playing a supporting role. Despite Miles's centrality in the film, a confluence of narrative, industrial, and stylistic factors work together to reinforce his secondary status compared to Parker, who remains the franchise's ideal of the real Spider-Man. In an echo of the reactionary backlash to the #BlackLivesMatter movement embodied in the hashtag #AllLivesMatter, the film's explicit theme—that "anyone can wear the mask"—functions less to legitimize Miles as Spider-Man than to ensure his continued subordination in the broader franchise.
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