EPISODE · Oct 26, 2021 · 1H 55M
#114: "Rocket Racer"
from Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast · host Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective
This episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which introduces Big Wheel and Rocket Racer, has been often regarded as one of the show's worst. But it's also one of very few instances of a cartoon then (and even now) directly confronting institutional racism from a Black perspective, and in this case deals with those experiences in a surprisingly pointed and even elegant way. "Rocket Racer" is good, actually! We’re watching Spider-Man: The Animated Series: Season 3, Episode 5: “Rocket Racer”. Website | Patreon | Discord Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Email: [email protected] Theme song features: “Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME | License (CC BY 3.0)
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This episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which introduces Big Wheel and Rocket Racer, has been often regarded as one of the show's worst. But it's also one of very few instances of a cartoon then (and even now) directly confronting institutional racism from a Black perspective, and in this case deals with those experiences in a surprisingly pointed and even elegant way. "Rocket Racer" is good, actually! We’re watching Spider-Man: The Animated Series: Season 3, Episode 5: “Rocket Racer”. Website | Patreon | Discord Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Email: [email protected] Theme song features: “Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME | License (CC BY 3.0)
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