Spiderman as a Bisexual Superhero is What 'America Deserves'; New Report Says 'Straight White' Underdogs Do Not Represent the U.S.

A recent article surfaced online that feels "straight, white" superheroes are no longer a real underdog to American's and does not fairly represent the demographic and has opened discussion as to, what kind of hero does "America deserve?"

Salon posted the article here and made a case to say a bisexual Spiderman would make for a better option. The point they drove home was Andrew Garfield's Spiderman happened so close to the original trilogy with Tobey Maguire that the studio should have thought outside the box with the next group of films.

Garfield himself made a comment about Peter Parker being a heterosexual male, and stated he was willing to change things up.

"I was like, 'What if MJ is a dude?' Why can't we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality?  It's hardly even groundbreaking! So why can't he be gay? Why can't he be into boys?" the actor said to Entertainment Weekly.

He continued in greater detail at Comic Con, "He represents the everyman, but he represents the underdog and those marginalized who come up against great prejudice which I, as a middle-class straight, white man, don't really understand so much. And when Stan Lee first wrote and created this character, the outcast was the computer nerd, was the science nerd, was the guy that couldn't get the girl. Those guys now run the world. So how much of an outcast is that version of Peter Parker anymore? That's my question."

Salon reported that when Stan Lee created most of Marvel's characters in the 1960s, the average everyday man was a straight white man. Now, decades after the Civil Rights movement that helped opened the eyes of Americans for equal rights for all ethnicity's and race's, the next movement is the LGBT community.

The site argues that while steps have been made to diversify the Marvel Universe - making Human Torch and Nick Fury African American - nothing else has really happened, including giving a female character their own blockbuster movie.

Garfield's comments on Spiderman being bi-sexual were even parodied on "Saturday Night Live." In a sketch that involved both Garfield and his movie co-star Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy), the two struggled to lock lips in a crucial scene in a "fake" version of "Amazing Spiderman 2." It was only when Stone was replaced with a male actor, Coldplay's Chris Martin, that the kiss became authentic.

The skit was met with controversy while LGBT activists praised its boldness for introducing the idea to the "typical" American audience.

What do you think the possibility is of Hollywood turning beloved characters gay to represent the "real America?" Let BreatheCast know how you feel in the comments.