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and the Princesses of Power,” adapted from the Masters of the Universe series by DreamWorks Animation for Netflix, has faced backlash to the updated visual take, specifically around She-Ra’s body.
“It’s something I was prepared for. Especially since it’s an ’80s property, there’s nostalgia around it,” Stevenson told Variety. “We’ve seen this play out time and time again; of course there’s going to be shock that there’s a change being made to something that’s been such a part of the zeitgeist.”
Some people seemed more receptive to the changes taking place. Marvel Studios brought out two female directors during its Hall H panel — Chloé Zhao for “Eternals” and Cate Shortland for “Black Widow” — to great fanfare. The room and Twitter feeds around the world also exploded when “Thor: Love and Thunder” director Taika Waititi announced that franchise star Natalie Portman would return alongside Chris Hemsworth for a third sequel to the original.
“I’ve been coming to Comic-Con ever since I was a teenager, but last year was the first year I cosplayed, because Rose Tico existed as a character who was Asian,” Candice Mack, a Los Angeles resident who participated in the parade, told. “I’m a really big fan of Kelly Marie Tran, and I think what happened to her was really awful and hurtful, no matter what people feel about the film.
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