If you don't already know, now is your last chance to back away but if you're still reading, then here we go. It was revealed first through website We Got It Covered that Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) will feature another gay character and the character in question will be the main villain of the piece - Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) On top of this, it seems that the main baddie may have some sexual tension with right man and fellow villain, the serial killer Victor Zsasz (Chris Messina) while also being in pursuit of Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) and a diamond that has something that Sionis desperately doesn't want anyone else to see.
Now the question that has been looming over the last few days since this particular reveal, is whether or not it's a good idea for a major DCEU gay character to be the villain of the piece. In the comics, there is no indication of Black Mask being gay, so it's certainly an interesting addition to a character who is mainly a sadistic crime boss.
Personally, I'm not too bothered with the idea of Black Mask being a flamboyantly gay villain as I've never been that interested in him as a character and this is something that might actually liven him up on the big screen. Saying that, I can see why certain sites might find the idea of a gay villain a bit worrying, except for the fact that the movie will also balance things out with a heroic lesbian character in Detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), whose sexually will be addressed in the movie as Montoya is in a relationship with Ali Wong's unnamed character and will be helping the main protagonists against Sionis and Zsasz.
However if we're being a bit technical here, Birds Of Prey isn't even the first movie in the DCEU to feature a gay character as earlier this year, Shazam! seemingly hinted at the possibility of Pedro Pena (Jovan Armand/DJ Cotrona) being gay and there's some rumours that another upcoming movie might be addressing another character's bisexuality as well.
We're at a point in both the DCEU and MCU franchises where audiences are certainly clamouring for LGBT characters that are not mere extras, especially as both DC and Marvel TV shows have been rather ahead of the curve compared to their movie counterparts. If anything this reveal (and there's more I'm holding back but don't doubt anyone who has read this is aware of) in relation to Black Mask has made me a bit more intrigued for Birds Of Prey and with seven months to go and the DCEU unfortunately sitting out SDCC this year, a trailer for this movie can't come soon enough.
Article: https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/birds-prey-portray-black-mask-gay/
Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) will be in theatres from February 7th 2020. What are your thoughts on the Black Mask spoiler?
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