There's a simple solution to this issue. Marvel should recast the character as a black woman. Problem solved.
Black Trans non-binary preferably.
The Punisher is too cliche to even be cliche at this point. I've been complaining about guy-with-a-gun movies since the start of the movie review thread. It's not just The Punisher but Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis, Keanu Reeves, to a much lesser degree, Stephen Segal, but also Denzel Washington, Zoe Saldana, Charlize Theron. Person with a gun saves lives porn.
Before them Stallone, Arnold, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, James Cagney. Not a new paradigm.
The reality is Columbine, Virginia tech, Chicago ghettos, Sandy Hook, El Paso, Orlando Nightclub, Boston Bombers, DC shooter, gang violence, police violence, church violence, and suicide.
That's your gun culture. School drills, the lives of American children at risk every day, the lives of black and brown citizens at risk every day by police, the constant threat of a spree shooter, the constant fear of some asshole with a gun and a grievance targeting people for some reason.
Because guns are fun bro. You could be a hero! You won't. And you put your neighbors and society at large at risk but hey.. fuck it right?
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