Three episodes of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law are now into the world, bringing the story of Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany) to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series has provided a frank and hilarious look at Jen’s life as a high-profile lawyer and reluctant hero, all while weaving in some self-aware acknowledgments of the perils of being a female superhero. As some eagle-eyed fans have begun to point out, one key sequence from the series’ third episode took that self awareness to new heights. Twitter user @shehulkupdates revealed that some of the onscreen social media backlash shown in Episode 3, during a montage of the media’s reaction to She-Hulk, appears to have been inspired by real misogynistic comments left on Marvel’s Instagram when the show was first announced in 2019. One comment — “So we have a #MeToo movement and now all the male heroes are gone?” — appears to have been lifted almost directly from a comment left on the post.
It seems like Marvel took some inspiration. In 2019 when Marvel announced She-Hulk the comments were spammed with outraged men. Even some of the exact words shown in the video. “So we have a metoo movement now and all the male heroes are gone?” #SheHulk #SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw pic.twitter.com/YQoJGcnAP6
