Marvel investor Nelson Peltz has been criticized by MCU fans after making insensitive comments about Black Panther.
However, it seems like some people aren’t big fans of the direction the studio has gone in as Disney investor Nelson Peltz recently came out and criticized the studio’s ‘woke’ films.
“Why do I have to have a Marvel [movie] that’s all women?” Peltzsaidduring an interview with the Financial Times, “Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can’t I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-Black cast?”
Peltz’s comments were referring toBlack PantherandThe Marvels, both of which do not feature an all-Black or all-women cast.
After the investor’s complaints went viral, many Marvel fans came out and defended both films as the pair were widely successful with audiences despite Peltz thinking otherwise.
“‘Black Panther’ not only made $1.35 billion but is objectively one of the best Marvel movies quality-wise and the only one to be nominated for Best Picture. If you have an issue with ‘Black Panther’ it has nothing to do with its performance,” one fanwroteon Twitter.
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Another user echoed the former’s sentimentstweeting, “Mind you, The Marvels was like 4 women altogether playing roles that are historically women, and Black Panther is set in an African country that was never colonized… Racism just doesn’t even try to be sensible.”
One Reddit usermade the pointthat if the story is the most important part of movie and it requires an all-woman or all-Black cast then “that’s how you cast the movie.”
A spokesperson for Disney did end uprespondingto Peltz’s comments stating, “This is exactly why Nelson Peltz shouldn’t be anywhere near a creatively driven company.”
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Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
