Spider-Man fans rejoiced after a controversial line in the 2002 superhero flick was cut in a recent broadcast

Spider-Man fans rejoiced after a controversial line in the 2002 superhero flick was cut in a recent broadcast on Britain’s ITV.

The television channel dramatically slashed a “homophobic” scene in which Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker insults another character during a wrestling match, the New York Post reports.

In the scene, Peter-as-Spider-Man dons a low-budget version of his red-and-blue costume as he tells the other person he’s about to fight: “That’s a cute outfit. Did your husband give it to you?”

ITV shortened the line to: “That’s a cute outfit.”

The change was captured in a viral clip on Twitter – captioned “THEY REMOVED PETER PARKER’S HOMOPHOBIA” – and viewers praised the cut of the script’s line.

One person did their own dub to change the line, writing, “Why cut the joke out entirely? Why not try to change it somehow? I threw this together pretty quick, changes it from homophobic joke to classic ‘your mum’ joke.”

“I am glad they changed it. BUT they could have at least changed the line to “did your MUM pick it out for you,” someone suggested, while another noted, “When the punchline is gay marriage it’s not really a good punchline.”

“British TV network ITV removed the vaguely homophobic line Spider-Man says to Bonesaw in the first Raimi film,” one more added. “And nothing of value was lost.”

Others denounced the change, with one tweeter offering, “Eventually everything becomes ‘problematic’,” while another added, “Political correctness Strikes again.”

https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/movies/spiderman-fans-react-to-homophobic-line-cut-from-2002-film/news-story/4ff421712281aeb42a9b6f145664a0cf

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