He howls about "Identity Crisis" because he doesn't like it, and compares it to Oscar Scott Card's real-life, real-world homophobia.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) December 18, 2014
That is mighty rich coming from somebody who sees nothing wrong with Roger Waters and his real life, real world anti-Israelism, as seen here:
If you've gotta put in a 14-hour day, writing comics and listening to Roger Waters is not the worst way to go about it.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) July 20, 2014
As for Identity Crisis, he vehemently refuses to admit it could be even remotely misogynistic, and minimizes the surrounding issues by reducing it all to a case of "doesn't like it", all for the sake of justifying a stand he won't even explain. Did it ever occur to him there is such a thing as racist literature out there, and that's hardly something we need to let go by without disapproval? By dismissing all legitimate complaints about the comic's structure, what he's basically saying is...
- that D.W Griffith's racist Birth of a Nation is okay simply because it's "only a movie".
- that the movie called Bubble Boy from 2001 is okay for the same reasons.
- that 7 Brides for 7 Brothers is okay despite its chauvinist/sexist bent.
- that Enid Blyton's children's books like the Three Golliwogs are okay despite the casual racism in the original texts simply because they're "just books".
This in a nutshell pretty much describes what Marz is really like. When he says something is sexist (or does he?), he's right, but when you say something is, you're wrong, or a piece of crap, or the living equivalent of a Volkswagen Caravelle (Microbus). He's had this blatant attitude a lot longer than some might think, and lately, it's really been getting the better of him.
I'm glad I wrote that topic the other month. It helped bring people like him out into the open and demonstrate just how cold hearted they are, so selfish they'll resort to defenses that don't hold up well in the face of their degrading support for non-entities like Waters. I think Marz knows he's talking out of 4000 sides of his mouth, but doesn't have the courage to admit it. It's also pretty obvious he resents being accused of insensitivity to victims of serious offenses, and all he can think of doing is acting in spite towards all he doesn't agree with. He's basically a joke, looking for excuses to justify his weak positions, and it sure isn't helping. All he does is prove the point of anybody who thinks the comics medium, much like the movie medium, is full of people who turn a deaf ear and blind eye - selectively or otherwise - on serious issues.
Wow! You're really fired up.
ReplyDeleteI like that.
By the way, I thought the movie Bubble Boy was funny.