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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 906410" data-attributes="member: 158">I agree - which is why his article didn't hold water, to me. Many of his references were quite stretched, in my opinion. While the theme of the comic book X-Men has been about tolerance and integration (thinly veiled by butt-loads of action and villain-whopping), it was never solely one theme. In the beginning, its primary theme was concern over racial intolerance, as Stan Lee has said in several interviews in the past. As time went on, the theme broadened to incorporate many different themes, as the concept of "protected groups" in socio-economic terms has broadened significantly over the past thirty years.To me, the movie clearly and unambiguously works on the same level, emphasizing themes of group registration, of homosexuality, of peer ostracism, and of starting wars on the basis of genetics. Each theme works on more than one group, and to single out one over all others as being the "correct one" is the premise of Essman's article. Essman's article has a flaw - it opens with the statement, "...one need only look slightly below the surface to discover the horde of homosexual references that director Bryan Singer and company have laid into the foundation of the film."However, after looking at his article, the numerous references he implies cannot be logically applied to the film X2. It appears to me that Essman wishes to co-opt the movie's messages for one specific cause, rather than to recognize its message as open for any "protected group" - be they a person of color, the handicapped, females, homosexuals, etc. In this singling out, he seems to imply that one group's cause is "more important" than another - which is what I disagree with.I'll stop there, because to be more specific than that opens the doors in far too political a direction. But manufacturing examples of a work of art to reinforce an argument is something I always try to call out when I see it, and Essman's article is no exception.</blockquote>

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