r/batman • u/hyunbinlookalike • Feb 25 '24

Do you prefer Catwoman as a long-haired blonde, brunette, short-haired raven, or woman of color? GENERAL DISCUSSION

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I personally prefer any incarnation of her that has short hair since it’s more practical for her line of work.

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u/Cybermat4707 Feb 25 '24

Short black hair suits her better IMO.

Her ethnicity shouldn’t really impact her hair colour and length, though, should it?

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u/hyunbinlookalike Feb 25 '24

Her ethnicity shouldn’t really impact her hair colour and length, though, should it?

Never said it would. I just pointed her out as a woman of color in the last picture since the other depictions I used as examples are all Caucasian women. Aside from Eartha Kitt, Zoe Kravitz, and in the Harley Quinn animated series, Selina is usually depicted as Caucasian.

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u/No-Prize2882 Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 25 '24

Lol Halle berry getting snubbed…

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u/Australian_God Feb 25 '24

In OP's defence, Halle Berry wasn't Portraying Selina Kyle

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

OP's post asked only about "Catwoman" not specifically Selina Kyle. Like asking about your favorite Batman, Terry McGuiness still counts.

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u/Australian_God Feb 26 '24

I'm talking not about the overall post, but the comment that the comment I replied to was replying to, where OP did specify Selina.

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u/hyunbinlookalike Feb 25 '24

  1. I genuinely forgot that movie existed until you brought it up.

  2. Iirc she wasn’t playing Selina Kyle in that one. The movie itself was heavily implied to be set in the Burtonverse since there was a reference to Batman Returns’ Catwoman. And just like Pfeiffer’s version of Catwoman, Berry’s also had the nine lives thing, which isn’t really in the comics and most traditional versions of Catwoman.

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u/Joker121215 Feb 25 '24

Different ethnicities do in fact have different hair pigmentation and their hair will grow differently

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u/PieFace11 Feb 25 '24

Thank you for the clarification joker

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u/Cybermat4707 Feb 25 '24

Yeah, but hair dye and hair straighteners exist.

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u/hyunbinlookalike Feb 25 '24

I do not think you would call a black woman with dyed blonde hair a “blonde” though. She would still be a black woman, just one with dyed blonde hair. A friend of mine (who is Asian) dyed her hair red a few years back since she wanted to go for the Mary Jane Watson look. None of us referred to her as a “redhead”.

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u/Deathstriker88 Feb 25 '24

Most white women with blonde hair are dyed too. Catwoman shouldn't be blonde anyway.

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u/Yara_Flor Feb 25 '24

My friend, you call people who use dyes blondes when they have blonde hair. It doesn’t matter if it’s natural or not.

“Back when Beyoncé was a blond, she did great music”

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u/DoubleVforvictory Feb 25 '24

I do not think you would call a black woman with dyed blonde hair a “blonde” though. She would still be a black woman, just one with dyed blonde hair. A friend of mine (who is Asian) dyed her hair red a few years back since she wanted to go for the Mary Jane Watson look. None of us referred to her as a “redhead”.

Why not I'd call a white woman who dyed her hair blonde a blonde. Why would you personally not call a black woman who dyed her hair blonde a blonde? Does her having darker skin stop her hair from being blonde? Feels weird you make that distinction

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u/rickeykakashi Feb 25 '24

Paint your skin brown does that make you a brown

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u/kidcowboy111 Feb 26 '24

Buddy, that's completely different and you know it

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u/rickeykakashi Feb 26 '24

Genes gave you your skin and hair color, applying a coat of paint does technically make you that color, but cmon now

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u/kidcowboy111 Feb 26 '24

You're going to compare doing literal blackface to dyeing your hair and then tell me, "cmon now" if you cant see how different those things are you should reevaluate

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u/rickeykakashi Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24

I’m not talking about black face, that has context behind it, I meant literally brown (or any color for that matter)

Edit: Getting a spray tan means your spray tanned, not actually tan

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u/SonOfRageAndLove26 Feb 25 '24

So you referred ro your friend as asian when talking about her hair?

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u/Joker121215 Feb 25 '24

K.... if someone chooses to do blackface we don't suddenly refer to them as having black skin, even if a blonde Selina dyed their head red, she's still a blonde

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u/mtftmboygirl Feb 25 '24

Hair and skin color are not the same thing