2015 TV News Archives

December 4, 2015: Taking on Human Inequity on "Supergirl"

Kara and James In the recent episode of "Supergirl" titled "Red Faced", Kara and James have an interesting chat about feeling unable to show their true feelings to the world because of gender or racial inequity within society. The Hollywood Reporter spoke to the executive producers of the show about this topic...

    When Kara confided in James about how Cat told her that women can't get angry at work, he responded by telling her that as a black man, he can't get angry in public. It was just one seemingly throwaway line, but it resonated with viewers long after the scene ended.

    "We're talking about what people are talking about out there, in the world," executive producer Ali Adler tells The Hollywood Reporter. "We like the verisimilitude of mirroring our world with the real world. As much as we can do that and as much as people can relate to who these people are despite superpowers, that's our goal."

    And those small moments are something that Brooks wants to see more of on Supergirl, which recently earned an additional six-episode pickup.

    "That's a testament to [exec producers] Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler, Sarah Schecter and Greg Berlanti," Brooks tells THR. "They come from a generation that understands where we are today in our society. They have taken an incredible opportunity to talk about sexism and human inequity, whether that's race or gender, and knowing them, I think we'll probably get into sexual preference. But it's been a really incredible opportunity to be able to be subversive in a good way."

    Brooks reveals that James' line about how he can't get angry in public came as a complete surprise to him, with the actor first learning of it at the show's table read, during which he stood up and applauded.

    "I was really impressed by the fact that we brought that up," he says. "It doesn't need to be a show where we're teaching lessons about our social constructs in our society. But I think that, if we can, if we can put that line somewhere or put that scene somewhere, it can make a kid who looks like me understand that he's understood. Or a young lady who looks like one of you can feel like she's understood. I didn't have that growing up, really."

Read the full report at the THR website.



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