In one of the first scenes in which the adult version of Natasha is shown on screen, she dumps her form-fitting Black Widow suit and dons baggy sweatpants and a puffy winter coat as she goes on the run. When Black Widow finally debuted this month after years of anticipation and a seemingly endless pandemic delay, Scarlett Johansson's solo film undid more than a decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's only original female Avenger's scattershot and over-sexualized appearances. Harley's film was just the first in a promising recent trend of comic book adaptations evolving the female characters' looks with women's actual wants-and more importantly, needs-in mind, both on and off-screen. Claudette Barius/ © DC Comicsīut Birds of Prey doesn't fly alone in bucking the male gaze when it comes to styling its superhero characters. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, and Jurnee Smollett-Bell in 'Birds of Prey'.
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