What quality would one consider the most necessary in superhero movies? Would it not be courage?
If so, there seems to be precious little of it at Marvel Studios. Their upcoming comic-book film Captain America: Brave New World will introduce a character from earlier in the Marvel canon, Sabra — a female superhero from Israel, whose costume prominently features the Star of David. However, when the film got announced two years ago — before the current war in Gaza — pro-Palestinian groups protested the inclusion of an Israeli character as a hero and threatened a boycott.
Presto-change-o! Sabra is now … Russian?
The Israeli background of Marvel Comics superhero Sabra has been removed for her depiction in the upcoming Marvel Studios ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ movie, according to a Friday official summary of the film.
While in the original Marvel comics continuity Ruth…
