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Chadwick Boseman in a scene from Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther.”
' "Black Panther" is being hailed as the most diverse superhero movie in Hollywood history, but it's not diverse enough for some progressives who want to know: Where are all the gay characters?
The latest comic-book-to-film adaptation checked off a number of identity boxes with its almost exclusively black cast and cohort of strong female characters. But filmmakers ditched a lesbian romance subplot from the original comic books, prompting an outcry from the LGBT community.
Actress Florence Kasumba stoked the flames of outrage when she revealed that scenes of lesbian flirtation filmed during production were left on the cutting-room floor.
"The final result that we've seen, there were a few scenes that have been cut," Ms. Kasumba
told Vulture. "Different scenes, also. They didn't make it into the movie for certain reasons, and at that point, I have to say: What their reason is, I can't tell you, because nobody told me about whether it's in or not."
LGBT advocates had every reason to hope that "Black Panther" would be the first
Marvel Studios film to feature an openly gay character.
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