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‘She-Hulk’ Was Soulless Garbage, but It Didn’t Have to Be<!-- wp:html --><p>Marvel Studios</p> <p>Do you remember <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/anne-rices-interview-with-the-vampire-is-super-gay-sexy-and-gross">the sexy vampires</a> of the 1990s? The kind of vampires that put too much gel in their hair and <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/10/14857542/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-explained-tv-influence">made out with Sarah Michelle Gellar</a>? I started thinking about them while watching <em>She-Hulk: Attorney at Law </em>(and apropos of the season, I suppose), because I used to wonder why anyone wouldn’t want to be a soulless bloodsucker when they look like <em>that</em>.</p> <p>Now, however, I understand that being soulless and without heart isn’t as leather-clad and hot as the ’90s made it out to be. Instead, it looks a lot like <em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-marvel-trash-at-its-most-offensive-review">She-Hulk: Attorney at Law</a></em>.</p> <p>Early teasers for the Disney+ show suggested <em>She-Hulk </em>might be something different. It seemed like Marvel was going all in on the comic-book campiness that normally lives on the margins of its productions. But after its recently concluded nine-episode run, it turns out that <em>She-Hulk</em> is just more of the same.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/she-hulk-season-one-review-marvel-series-was-soulless-garbage-but-it-didnt-have-to-be?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Do you remember the sexy vampires of the 1990s? The kind of vampires that put too much gel in their hair and made out with Sarah Michelle Gellar? I started thinking about them while watching She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (and apropos of the season, I suppose), because I used to wonder why anyone wouldn’t want to be a soulless bloodsucker when they look like that.

Now, however, I understand that being soulless and without heart isn’t as leather-clad and hot as the ’90s made it out to be. Instead, it looks a lot like She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Early teasers for the Disney+ show suggested She-Hulk might be something different. It seemed like Marvel was going all in on the comic-book campiness that normally lives on the margins of its productions. But after its recently concluded nine-episode run, it turns out that She-Hulk is just more of the same.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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