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arithia

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14. Good show. Stupid complaints.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2016, 03:25 AM

Oct 2016

Luke Cage had spectacular diversity. Huge age range on the actors, body type diversity, main characters and extras of various ethnic groups... it even has repeated female conversations that pass the Bechdel test.

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Disgusting! Some White People Are Complaining That Luke Cage Is 'So Black' [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2016 OP

I read Luke Cage when he was Power Man DonCoquixote Oct 2016 #1

Yeesh lovemydog Oct 2016 #2

Good show. I highly recommend it. Daemonaquila Oct 2016 #3

Luke Cage 95% positive reviews at Rotten Tomatoes Cicada Oct 2016 #6

They would not have liked the first Luke Cage Hero for Hire Comic Book. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2016 #4

Show about a black guy, with black friends/relatives, living in Harlem is too black. DetlefK Oct 2016 #5

The people complaining are the same ones who ask profound questions like, Missn-Hitch Oct 2016 #8

If there was a channel called WET Bettie Oct 2016 #15

Some people need to get out more. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #7

Wow I had the complete opposite reaction LostinRed Oct 2016 #9

I started watching it, and am now immediately hooked. I think all the characters are great! NBachers Oct 2016 #10

"This show is very racist! " -- Haha, no baby, but it might be futuristic. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2016 #11

His skin is unbreakable... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2016 #12

IT'S SO AWESOME. byronius Oct 2016 #13

Good show. Stupid complaints. arithia Oct 2016 #14

I started watching Luke Cage last night, and man, I'm in love. VulgarPoet Oct 2016 #16

LOVED LUKE CAGE!!! La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2016 #17