Re: [NEWS] Batman: Penguin is now female!

Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Yet more Politically Correct idiocy to avoid watching.  X-(
> As if there weren't already female villains in Batman.
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> The image makes the character look more like a cross-dresser / 
> transvesite than female. Maybe there is some bollocks background story 
> about her being Oswald's unknown sister / daughter / etc., but I really 
> can't be bothered finding out any more about this stupidity.
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>    'Batman: Caped Crusader' Unveils Minnie Driver
>    as Gender-Swapped Penguin
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>    Minnie Driver is taking on an iconic Batman villain,
>    with a twist.
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>    She'll voice Oswalda Cobblepot, a female interpretation
>    of The Penguin, in Prime Video's upcoming animated
>    series "Batman: Caped Crusader."
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>    Image: 
> <https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Penguin_Caped_Crusaer-e1722114807373.jpg> 
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>    The news was revealed during the Saturday San Diego
>    Comic-Con panel for the 

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hotly anticipated show, which
>    started with a video message from executive producer
>    Bruce Timm. He welcomed fans before kicking off the
>    world premiere screening of the first episode, where
>    Driver's Penguin is unveiled for the first time.
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>    Following the screening, executive producer Matt Reeves
>    and the series' voice cast, including Driver, Hamish
>    Linklater as Batman and Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn,
>    had a lively conversation about the show and their
>    roles.
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>    Driver acknowledged that some purists may take issue
>    with a female Cobblepot, but she insists that the
>    character still brings the essence of The Penguin.
>    "If we're lucky enough to be invited onto the stage to
>    inhabit these characters that already exist in the
>    ether, we just sort of rise up to meet them. And this
>    was such a beautiful retelling of that villain. It was
>    joyful. And, I mean, she's dreadful."
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>    On Friday, Prime Video gave fans a sneak peek of the
>    show by revealing an exclusive new clip at the end of a
>    panel on the streamer's adult animation favorites,
>    including "Invincible" and "The Legend of Vox Machina."
> 
>    Additional voice cast includes Diedrich Bader, Christina
>    Ricci, Mckenna Grace, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C.
>    Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Paul Scheer,
>    Reid Scott, Tom Kenny, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony
>    Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel
>    Osment and Toby Stephens.
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>    The series is a reimagining of Batman mythology through
>    the lens of executive producers Reeves, J.J. Abrams and
>    Bruce Timm. It hails from Warner Bros. Animation, Abrams'
>    Bad Robot Productions and Reeves' 6th & Idaho. Ed
>    Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich
>    and Sam Register also serve as executive producers.
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>    "Batman: Caped Crusader" will be available to stream on
>    Prime Video beginning Aug. 1.
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> <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/batman-caped-crusader-minnie-driver-penguin-oswalda-cobblepot-1236087851/>
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