Pixar is going to have its first protagonist of color! Sanjay’s Super Team will be the short shown before The Good Dinosaur in November. Hopefully, the pathetic box office won’t scare away away studios from letting Marvel characters proudly display their heritage. Then again, the Thing burger at Denny’s includes bacon so not everyone got the memo on Grimm’s religion. Kitty Pryde hasn’t worn her Star of David in the films and Erik Lensherr’s Judaism is barely mentioned apart from being a Jewish Holocaust survivor. In August 2006, Grimm had a Bar Mitzvah which he’d never had as a child.įox allowing Grimm to be overtly Jewish is a huge step. Figure there’s enough trouble in this world without people thinkin’ Jews are all monsters like me.” Anyone on the internet can find out, if they want. I thought maybe you were ashamed of it a little.” Preempting the inevitable question towards Marvel, Grimm is criticized in the issue, “All these years in the news, they never mention you’re Jewish. Grimm wasn’t confirmed to be Jewish until Fantastic Four #56 in 2002. Does it belong to an ex-girlfriend? Ex-roommate? Maybe he liked it as an aesthetic piece?īenjamin Jacob Grimm was raised in area of New York that was predominately Jewish His artist, Jack Kirby, always intended him to be Jewish and drew him as such in 1978. However, it also has a shot of a Menorah in Ben Grimm’s bedroom. Yes, the film also tries harder to show Sue Storm as a scientist capable of ass-kicking. Yes, Fantastic Four has Johnny Storm as an African-American as well as his dad. Where are the Asian protagonists? Why were there more Asian superheroes with their own shows in 2005 than 2015? If we extend that outwards to live action, they canceled The Mindy Project so it’s just Fresh off the Boat and The Brink on HBO starring Aasif Mandvi.
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The only current animated series is Sanjay & Craig. Since then, Asian protagonists have also starred in Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan except those shows are all over. Long was the last to stop airing new episodes in September 2007. The only slight wrinkle is that Rose was raised to kill dragons like Long. His father is Caucasian and his crush is also Caucasian. While Long and Lee both just have one friend of color other than themselves, Long’s series supports interracial relationships. Long is important because of the diversity. The budding scientist also wanted to go to space camp and become an astronaut until she found out family obligations made that impossible. She’s President of the Asian Students Association at her middle school and a member of the math club. Lee is extra special because she’s a straight A student in addition to being a magical heroine. Long lives in Manhattan but Chinatown is not mentioned and most of the culture comes from his grandfather that comes to live with them, but there was an episode or two in Hong Kong. The eleven year old also visits family in China. However, Lee lives in a city based on San Francisco which has a long history of Chinese involvement and culture. Long and Lee have relatives that speak their native tongue but neither hero can speak it themselves.
She’s “Americanized” and can speak English while he can’t speak it very well.
It addressed the fact that Jackie and his American-born niece have very different cultural experiences. Yes, that merits a “duh” since Jackie Chan was heavily involved but still. Jackie Chan Adventures was best at using Chinese culture. Its popularity inspired American Dragon: Jake Long on the Disney Channel and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee on Cartoon Network.Īll three shows are great in different ways although equal in animation quality and scripts. Being twelve, she has a knack for getting in danger but is also key to helping Chan beat the bad guys in many of the episodes. His second in command in the series is his niece, Jade.
Chan played himself and had live action segments with some of the episodes. Kids WB premiered the Jackie Chan Adventures in 2000 at the height of his popularity. Lee was the first female Asian superhero to have her own show. There were three animated programs with Asian protagonists: Jackie Chan Adventures, American Dragon: Jake Long, and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. In 2005, an amazing thing happened on children’s television.
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