We posted an article on The HUB's new animated series SheZow a couple of days ago which resulted in almost 10 pages of comments. Many supported the idea of a show that might raise awareness of transgerderism in younger kids (although to correct something from our original article, the character only changes cloths and NOT his body, so to say he's transgender isn't actually accurate) but just as many were appalled. The show's creator Obie Scott Wade was shocked at the response, and maintains that the show is simply about trying to put across that femininity does not equal weakness, and he had no political agenda in coming up with the scenario.
"Just based on what they wrote, they're reading a lot into the show that's not there. I didn't set out to make a show about any sort of political agenda, I just wanted to make a comedy. I wanted to make a cartoon that I would have liked as a kid. So I think people are just reading a lot into it.
And one of the biggest misconceptions people have about SheZow is that Guy's body changes when he puts on the ring: it doesn't, he's still a boy, just wearing a different outfit and hair. And the only ones who know that SheZow is a boy are his sister, his best friend Maz, and his supercomputer named Sheila — everybody else thinks SheZow is a girl."
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