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Who in the Shell? Taking a look at Heroic Identification - By James Nicolaou

Greetings Ladiez and Germtelmen! 'Tis I, the wonderful and amazing Titan Greybeard!   *fanfare with full band and brass section* I am coming to you with another article in regards to the topic of race and modern media! (Yaaay relevance!) This will be a spiritual successor to an article I wrote on my blog (https://thoughtspillsite.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/why-daredevil-season-two-is-important-and-also-one-of-the-best-shows-of-all-time/ pluggity pluggity plug plug!) which talks about why racial representation in modern media is important. Why are you writing another article on a similar topic I hear you ask? WHY ARE YOU ASKING I DIDN'T ASK YOU!? *Ahem* I am writing this article because today the first press shot was released of Scarlett Johansson as the female lead in   the live action adaptation of the iconic Masamune Shirow manga and anime, Ghost in the Shell. Now, I'm not going to go into what the show is about, 'cause you can Go...