
#23 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast
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Miles Morales: A Puerto Rican and Black Superhero
Miles is a Puerto Rican and black superhero. So he's biracial. He's the first Afro Latino to headline a Marvel picture, which is very important. And makes him relatable to a huge portion of the audience who could never relate to a Marvel hero before. Like his love of hip-hop, his Brooklyn neighborhood, his affinity for street art. None of those things are used kind of as just like a quirk. They're used to make the character greater. You know, this movie, all of those things, make him a better Spider-Man.
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