Spider-Man TV Version Cuts Problematic Tobey Maguire Line
A homophobic line from the original 2002 Spider-Man has been cut for broadcast on television. Spider-Man, which introduced Tobey Maguire as the titular web-slinging hero and began a trilogy that would run until 2007's Spider-Man 3, was an enormous box office hit for director Sam Raimi (who is now helming the upcoming Doctor Strange 2), landing itself at the #1 slot on the domestic chart for the year. It is also frequently credited with being responsible for the current boom of superhero films, which includes the massively successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which Maguire himself recently made a cameo as a multiversal Peter Parker in the 2021 megahit Spider-Man: No Way Home.
In Raimi's Spider-Man, there is an early scene when Peter Parker is beginning to test out his powers by earning money in a cage match with a wrestler named Bone Saw. In addition to wearing an early prototype version of his iconic costume, he also begins to show off a bit of the sarcastic, quippy nature that will go on to define the Spider-Man character. Unfortunately, this early stab at comedy results in a homophobic line where he attempts to insult Bone Saw by saying "That's a cute outfit. Did your husband give it to you?" This line is very typical of the casual homophobia that was common in the media of the early 2000s, but it is certainly one of the Spider-Manmoments that have aged the poorest.
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Twitter user PaperPlaneTF shared a video of their experience watching Spider-Man on the British television channel ITV2. The user discovered that the homophobic insult was cut out of the film entirely rather than redubbed. In this version, Peter Parker only remarks "That's a cute
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