Modern Equality shows what superheroes and icons would look like if they were real. Like, really real.
Men Don’t Fit into Molds
Because Not Every Man’s Bicep is Bigger Than His Head
Because Not Every Man’s Shoulder is as Big as His Thigh
Because Not Every Man is a God
Because Not Every Couple is Barbie and Ken
Photos By: Megan Kruse
Concept and Creative Direction: Manda Brownrigg
Models (In order of appearance): Ritchie, Thom, Tyler S, Kris, Josh, Tyler N
Originally published at modernequality.com
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They’re all white.
Just dying to take offense to something.
“Because Not Every Man’s Bicep is Bigger Than His Head” so, who’s going to be the one to tell them that?
What’s crazy is that if you compare superhero portrayals and action figures through the decade, how they have become more insanely muscular recently. Compare contemporary Batman with Adam West’s version, for example. Another example: When Mark Hamill (the actor who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars) was shown old action figures of his character and then the noew one created 20 years later, he remarked, “Oh my God, they’ve put me on steroids!”
I wonder when that trend is going to reverse itself. It is bound to eventually, isn’t it?
I think this is great. I have no problem with showing real life shapes as superheroes. One thing I gotta point out, though, is that superhero(ine)s are by their very nature unrealistic. They are fantasies that were never really intended to be accurate representations of real people, so it’s a little odd to suggest they need to look more realistic. Flying in outer space without oxygen is okay, leaping buildings in a single bound is okay, swinging through Manhattan is okay, defying laws of physics, chemistry, and biology is okay, but it’s not okay for the bodies to be unrealistic?… Read more »