'The idea that to be beautiful means to be good and to be disfigured means to be evil is not new.'
representation equally poorly. Dr. Poison falls into the easy trope that suggests disability — and in this case, specifically facial disfigurement — means that a character is evil. We never find out Dr. Poison’s backstory and whether her facial scarring caused her to become a villain or happened after she already was one, but the message is the same: We should be afraid of people whose faces and bodies are different from our own.
has a green face and a noticeable wart. Darth Vader has a scarred body that he hides underneath a black cloak and mask. Bruce Banner literally turns into a green monster when he becomes The Hulk, and although he’s not a villain, he struggles with the urge to destroy every time he undergoes the transformation.
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