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Why I Like Birds of Prey's Cass Cain

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Image description: character stills of Cass Cain portrayed by teen actress Ella Jay Basco, showing her casual streetwear clothes in the movie of jacket, shorts, sneakers. Why I like Birds of Prey's Cass Cain What I love about the Birds of Prey movie (2020) is the wardrobe choices for the characters.  They're practical, they're cute, they're more casual and everyday; it's the other side of life for heroes/anti heroes, their streetwear. ( x )( x ) I love that. I want to see what clothes they wear in the everyday too, I want to see their accessories.  We all know Bruce Wayne wears a designer suit when he isn't Batman, and that's been done ten thousand times already.  I want to see everyone else's day clothes! The costumes in Birds of Prey also give fans a wider option when it comes to cosplaying their fave women characters. For example, if you wanted to cosplay Harley Quinn before 2020, your live action costume choices from Suicide Squad (2016) ...

How James Gunn subverts generic male gaze in The Suicide Squad

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Minor spoilers ahead for The Suicide Squad (but if you weren’t interested in watching the movie especially after the sexist 2016 version, perhaps this review will sway you!) The Suicide Squad movie has just released in both theaters and on HBO Max streaming. It is an indirect sequel to 2016′s Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer. No, you need not have seen the 2016 movie in order to watch this one. Yes, this new sequel is way better than the previous movie. I saw a few non spoiler reviews online from fans saying this movie felt like it had a female gaze. Now, after having seen both of Gunn’s Guardians movies for Marvel and the way the women were treated, combined with David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad movie and how Harley was treated, I admittedly dismissed this notion that James Gunn could make a movie that wouldn’t have me rolling my eyes at least a dozen times. Well, I was fortunate enough to see the movie in the theater and all I can say is, huh. What a pleasant surprise! ...