TV Network Cuts Homophobic Joke From Original 2002 'Spider-Man' Movie—And Fans Have Thoughts

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— PaperPlane (@PaperPlane) 1650741836

Oh no now raimi fans can\u2019t enjoy their homophobic Spider-Man:( seriously tho imagine being a kid confused about their sexuality and then a joke like that is made by fucking Spider-Man which makes it seem like it\u2019s a bad thing to have a same sex partner

— Michael\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Michael\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1650812048

Its not that deep bro, it was a throwaway joke, most people don\u2019t care if they remove it or not. Also Im part of the LGBTQ+ community so don\u2019t try to justify your sensitivity with homophobia.

— Spiderdorf (@Spiderdorf) 1650815779

So many things happen in this world, countless deaths, robberies, and many other things. And what makes people mad is a JOKE in a SPIDER-MAN MOVIE. Learn to take a joke. seriously. And the intent behind it wasn\u2019t even bad, y\u2019all just want something to be mad about.

— . (@.) 1650838845

"haha, to think that this was once so common that it would be in a movie" without being offended. It implies some pretty rough things that TV execs think today's audience needs to be shielded from even being exposed to such a line.

— redsoxu571 (@redsoxu571) 1650919115

You can love the movie, but that 'joke' aged really bad and you know it.

— Carlos esperando las llaves de la casa (@Carlos esperando las llaves de la casa) 1650866138

just because you tease another man for beign gay doesnt make you an homophobic, atleast thats not why most men do it, we do it not because we hate gay men, but because we know the other person would get defensive when he gets called gay

— Josh Flowers (@Josh Flowers) 1650823297

teasing people about homosexuality implies (whether or not you beleive it) that it is a bad thing to be gay. It is definitely an act of homophobia but one act of homophobia doesn\u2019t make a homophobe.

— Mr. Coaster (@Mr. Coaster) 1650835622

I disagree with it being removed and I don\u2019t think there is anything wrong with it. But you could make the argument that they way he says it implies that being gay is a bad thing, or something you should be made fun for. Cus the response today would be \u201cso what if he did?\u201d

— Ethan (@Ethan) 1650878231

Everyone can\u2019t seem to understand that Spider-Man says this because Bonesaw is very clearly a big, burly macho man (no pun intended) alpha-male, kinda guy with his own team of 4 beautiful women/cheerleaders at the ringside and implying that he\u2019s gay is a good way to rile him up.

— Joey Penson (@Joey Penson) 1650833247

This is getting way moar attention than I expected, just wanna say that, no, the original line isn't homophobic. It's been a joke for a little while now that Spider-Man is insensitive to this man's husband.pic.twitter.com/RFkhJw5BA6

— PaperPlane (@PaperPlane) 1650808725

Are we like pretending that insinuating a guy sleeps with men to demasculate him is like not homophobic now? Like for currently in a new wave of a homophobia but we're already rewriting the last one?

— Galv \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 (@Galv \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7) 1650855442

The original line is absolutely homophobic. It's mild, but yeah still homophobic.

— Tiemble (@Tiemble) 1650826470

That joke implies that a man having a husband is something to be mocked. How can you not see that?

— moviebuffer (@moviebuffer) 1650989738