Podcasts About Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans
nytimes.comIn the world of podcasts about “X-Men,” flitting from allegories for inequity to “The Real Housewives”isalmost effortless. In the eighth episode of “Cerebro,” a popular podcast that looks at the mutant superhero franchise through a gay lens, Connor Goldsmith, who is the host as well as a literary agent, and his guest, the author Anthony Oliveira, delve deep into the character known as Iceman.
The two talk through how the character’s coming out as a gay man in 2015 clarified nearly 60 years of subtext in the series.
After touching on topics like the closet and bigotry in politics, their discussion culminates with Iceman getting a few tag lines for an imagined Bravo reality series starring Marvel’s mutants. “Some boys are friends of Dorothy,” Mr.
Oliveira offers, “but I’m the Blizzard of Oz.” “Cerebro” is an upstart garnering attention among the scores of podcasts covering comics culture. “X-Men” devotees in particular are already primed by the inherently political nature of the comic series, whose mutants are seen as an allegory for marginalized groups in America, symbolism the Marvel creator Stan Lee welcomed.
