October 5 - 11, 2019 Arrowverse expands Ruby Rose as Kate Kane in “Batwoman” Page 2 — Saturday, October 5, 2019 — The Robesonian Holy diversity Batman!: ‘Batwoman’ premieres on CW By Breanna Henry As someone who’s already a rowverse — “Batwoman” — pre- about the show revolves around material with a bit of outlandish the thrill of breaking some bad-guy TV Media fan, I’m very interested to see how mieres Sunday, Oct. 6. lead actress Rose, whose credits in- cinematography at some point. bones, or Batman himself, we may CW’s “Batwoman” recreates, rei- Not everyone seems to be as ex- clude a few less-than-stellar films. It’s already become a topic of never know why Kate was inspired may or may not own an over- magines or reinvents the title char- cited as I am about CW’s “Bat- Rose’s castmate Skarsten is no conversation when it comes to this to put down her drink to pick up a Iflowing stack of comic books acter, and luckily I won’t have to woman.” Many of the preemptive- stranger to caped crusaders. The To- series, so it’s worth mentioning cowl, cape and bright red wig, be- that’s getting dangerously close to wait long. With the beautifully an- ly negative thoughts are likely the ronto native played the super- that both Batwoman and the coming the Batwoman fans know weighing more than its current drogynous Ruby Rose (“The Meg,” result of people being afraid. After screeching Black Canary in “Birds of woman who plays her on TV are and love today. shelf can handle, so it’s safe to 2018) at the helm (or cowl) and all, Batwoman has a lot of fans, Prey” on the WB at just 16 years old. gay. Somewhat comically and in- The character’s sexuality is more trust me when I say that Batwom- Rachel Skarsten (“Acquainted,” and people may be worried the Joining the two lead females are credibly ironically, the original Bat- than just a gimmick or attempt at an, a.k.a. Kate Kane, is a fantastic 2018) playing the totally twisted show will portray the iconic and Dougray Scott (“Departure”) as woman (Kathy, not Kate) was in- placation. Despite DC bigwigs say- character with a ton of incredible Alice, CW’s newest prime-time ad- beloved character poorly. Much of Batwoman’s father, Jacob, Eliza- troduced way back in 1956 solely ing Kate was made a lesbian for lit- story potential. dition to its DC Comics-based Ar- the online negative sentiment beth Anweis (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) to discourage a controversy that tle reason other than differentiat- as her stepmother, Catherine, and arose in the previous year regard- ing her from other members of the Sam Littlefield (“The Messengers”) ing Batman’s own perceived ho- “Bat-family,” it meant enough to as Mouse. The cast looks fantastic, mosexuality. After the Batwoman series writers Williams and Black- the trailers seem cool, and it seems character was written out of the man for them to leave the job hard to go wrong when you have DC Universe in 1964, editors re- when DC refused to allow Bat- such great source material with fused to bring her back despite de- woman to get married to her long- which to work. mand from readers, calling her a time girlfriend, Maggie Sawyer. The fact that Skarsten has been “hapless female” who would be Long and storied character history cast as the “Through the Looking “gone for good.” aside, Batwoman is amazing, and Glass”-quoting psychopath Alice It wasn’t until 2006, 50 years you should think about adding her actually provides a big hint as to post-debut, that DC announced to your pull-list the next time you where CW’s “Batwoman” creators Batwoman’s rebirth. In addition to visit your local comic book shop. Caroline Dries (“Smallville”) and swapping the old-fashioned name If you’ve enjoyed CW’s Arrow- Greg Berlanti (“Titans”) drew their Kathy for the more modern Kate, verse television adaptations of inspiration for the show. Those editors revealed that today’s Bat- comic book characters so far, you’ll who’ve read the divisive 2010 Bat- woman would be a Jewish lesbian. likely want to keep up with “Bat- woman comic “Elegy” by Greg Ruc- Far from the lipstick-toting Bat- woman.” On Sunday, Oct. 6, “Bat- ka probably know what to expect man-iac she was in the 1960s, Kate woman” premieres on CW, and it from Batwoman and Alice’s on- Kane was a directionless party girl, will be interesting to see how online screen relationship. For those not lost in life after being discharged sentiment changes once the show familiar with Rucka’s work, just from the military under the don’t has actually aired. CW is bringing a know that you’re in for some of the ask, don’t tell policy that discour- kick-butt LGBT+ icon to the main- “Batwoman” comic books’ most aged homosexual service mem- stream of the small screen, and if outrageous, unexpected and dis- bers. Whether it was the murder of you aren’t a comic book fan already, turbing twists and turns. The psy- her mother, the loss of her partner, you may very well become one. chedelic imagery and mind-warping colors for which the comic is known don’t seem to have been carried over to the new TV series, but other such DC Comics television pro- grams (“Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Su- pergirl,” “Titans,” etc.) really seem to love dark, gritty and grey post- processing, and the look feels right for the city of Gotham. Still, fans likely hope the show will attempt to Rachel Skarsten stars in “Batwoman” pay some homage to the source Revels Funeral Home We would like to thank you for voting for us in the Readers Choice 407 Breece St., 3575 Roberts Ave., Pembroke, NC Lumberton, NC (910) 521-4298 (910) 671-6886 The Robesonian — Saturday, October 5, 2019 — Page 3 5:30 pm NBCSN Horse Racing Breeders’ 12:30 pm WTVD Sports Stars of Tomor- MONDAY, OCT 7 ESPN2 WNBA Basketball Playoffs. 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