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There was a Radiolab story fight about dolls vs toys https://radiolab.org/podcast/177199-mutant-rights https://radiolab.org/podcast/177199-mutant-rights Littl
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
There was a Radiolab story fight about dolls vs toys
https://radiolab.org/podcast/177199-mutant-rights https://radiolab.org/podcast/177199-mutant-rights
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…who noticed something interesting while looking at a book of tariff classifications. "Dolls," which represent human beings, are taxed at almost twice the rate of "toys," which represent something not human - such as robots, monsters, or demons. As soon as they read that, Sherry and Indie saw dollar signs. it just so happened that one of their clients, Marvel Comics, was importing its action figures as dolls.
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So Sherry and Indie went down to the customs office with a bag of XMEN action figures to convince the US government that these mutants are NOT human.
- throwup238 2y agoAs if Marvel canon wasn't confusing enough already, now customs is involved? Sheesh. Are we going to get a Troy Miller origin story? Bit by an improperly declared radioactive package, he dedicated his life to defending our borders from the Guild of Calamitous Import.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoLife Contradicts Art?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThat was mentioned in the show. X-men is all about wanting to be accepted as equal human beings and now the creators are going to classify them as non human to save a buck.