A Real-Life Hero: Joss Whedon

I admit it:  I am really excited about the new Avengers movie.  I have been a late adopter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; most of the "superhero" movies I had seen in the past left me largely underwhelmed, and I had more or less written off the genre.  But I kept hearing that this series of films were worth the investment, and so I finally consented--much to my great delight.

But even before Marvel Studios set out to reimagine their heroes and she-roes on film, I was a great admirer of writer/director/maker-of-cool-stuff Joss Whedon.  He has a knack for telling stories with a broad appeal without pandering to the audience.

AND FURTHERMORE, he is able to work within an admittedly broken system (i.e. Hollywood) to try and remedy some of the sexism and racism within it.  His movies routinely feature women in strong roles and characters of various races.

I could not decide which of these JW "strong women" memes to include here, so here are both!

Joss Whedon on Wikipedia



(Have a real-life hero or she-ro to nominate for this blog? Let me know at misslynn [at] misslynn [dot] com!)