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Concerns about Caped Crusader
a year ago
As many a DC knows, the trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader has dropped… and I’m excited for it! It’s going back to its roots as more a noir-style radio drama that will have Batman as more a detective. However, as much as I praise it, I do have some concerns…
Don’t worry, I’ll avoid being political, God knows those types preach but don’t practice. It’s been said the show will be a period piece set in the 1940s, which is cool… but… you have Gordon as African-America and Harley Quinn as Asian-American, but Gordon is still the police commissioner and Harley is still bi since she’ll be in a relationship with Renee Montoya. I’m not against those, but I’m pretty sure the 40s were opposed to many minority groups of the time and homophobia was much, much worse then than it is now. And oh boy, is it bad now.
If the period piece is just for the setting, I’ll accept that, and I’m not asking the show to be hardcore 40s. I’m still looking forward to this show, and I’m happy Brice Timm is in control again and is handling Harley and Montoya (though I’m sad Dini’s not there) and you bet I’ll be watching each ep.
I hope this concerns are just me thinking too much, because it’s easy for modern writers to make any decade like it is now, when they really weren’t.
Don’t worry, I’ll avoid being political, God knows those types preach but don’t practice. It’s been said the show will be a period piece set in the 1940s, which is cool… but… you have Gordon as African-America and Harley Quinn as Asian-American, but Gordon is still the police commissioner and Harley is still bi since she’ll be in a relationship with Renee Montoya. I’m not against those, but I’m pretty sure the 40s were opposed to many minority groups of the time and homophobia was much, much worse then than it is now. And oh boy, is it bad now.
If the period piece is just for the setting, I’ll accept that, and I’m not asking the show to be hardcore 40s. I’m still looking forward to this show, and I’m happy Brice Timm is in control again and is handling Harley and Montoya (though I’m sad Dini’s not there) and you bet I’ll be watching each ep.
I hope this concerns are just me thinking too much, because it’s easy for modern writers to make any decade like it is now, when they really weren’t.
The original BTAS also had 40's aesthetics with black and white TV's and alot of analog and digital tech mixed in. Plus you had some examples of minority representation in the form of Lucius Fox & Dana Blessing, both who worked for Wayne enterprises in an executive position for the former and a secretary for the latter.
It looks like they are going with a brave and the bold and BTAS flavour with their own spin on things. Hell they even have Catwoman in her brave and the bold costume rather than the BTAS catsuit.
The show itself has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see where they take it. One could say it's a reboot of BTAS, but I believe it might just be another multiverse setting similar to Gothan by gaslight.