#114: "Rocket Racer"

An episode of the Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast podcast, hosted by Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, titled "#114: "Rocket Racer"" was published on October 26, 2021 and runs 115 minutes.

October 26, 2021 ·115m · Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast

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Summary

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)⁠

Episode Description

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)⁠