{"id":36846,"date":"2021-03-19T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=36846"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:14","slug":"the-snyder-cut-why-cyborg-is-important-for-black-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=36846","title":{"rendered":"The Snyder Cut: Why Cyborg is Important for Black Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-1-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday is a day for truth,\u201d so the saying goes, from Holly Hunter\u2019s Senator Finch in&nbsp;<em>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em>\u2014and it\u2019s truly prophetic, as this Thursday, March 18<sup>th<\/sup>, the world finally knows the breadth and scope of Zack Snyder\u2019s true vision for his&nbsp;<em>Justice League<\/em>&nbsp;saga. The film was released in 2017\u2013or, rather, a hack-job, chopped-to-oblivion version that neutered the characters and rendered the film an emotionless joke machine, devoid of any personality and so generic it felt like it came off a factory conveyor belt. The accurately dubbed&nbsp;<em>Josstice League<\/em>, filmmaker Joss Whedon\u2019s cut of Zack Snyder\u2019s work, made many unforgivable changes to what Snyder created, but arguably the greatest atrocity is the removal of one of the most pivotal arcs in the film, the arc of Victor Stone AKA Cyborg, played by Ray Fisher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is impossible not to notice, when one watches Whedon\u2019s cut of&nbsp;<em>Justice League<\/em>, the absence of characters of color. That removal is felt most sharply with Cyborg, a character who has barely any personality in the Whedon cut, yet has been christened \u201cthe heart of the film\u201d by many fans and Snyder himself in Snyder\u2019s cut. The differences are subtle in some ways, overwhelming in others. The basic story is the same: tortured over the death of his mother and unable to accept his new identity, Cyborg views himself a monster and his work with the League is his first step towards self-actualization. But the depth of the story is completely stripped away in favor of a throwaway \u201cBoo-yah\u201d, the character\u2019s catch-phrase from the&nbsp;<em>Teen Titans<\/em>&nbsp;animated series, and a redesign that doesn\u2019t fit at all with Snyder\u2019s aesthetic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Snyder\u2019s version of\u00a0<em>Justice League<\/em>, Cyborg is depicted as world weary, broken, and self-hating\u2014the way Batman is depicted in\u00a0<em>Batman v. Superman<\/em>. He starts off the movie, in the first shot we see of him, with his back turned, away from the audience, not wanting to show his face. In Part 3 of Snyder\u2019s four-hour long, operatic work, titled \u201cBeloved Mother, Beloved Son\u201d, we understand the trauma that imbued Cyborg\u2019s creation. Starting out as a star football player and student, Victor Stone\u2019s morality shines through in his decision to hack the school\u2019s computer system to help a failing student, who\u2019s suffered a death in the family, bring up her grade; and a strong support system in his Black mother, who cheers him on at one, and every, of his football games. As in many Black families, Victor\u2019s father Silas, played expertly by Joe Morton, is absent. However, the difference here: rather than simply not wanting a part in his son\u2019s life, Silas is a scientist working for STAR Labs and can\u2019t make it to Victor\u2019s games because he\u2019s busy fiddling with the tech that eventually helps to create Cyborg.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2-1536x830.png 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-2.png 1777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor and his mother are in a vicious car accident, and only one survives\u2014barely, because Silas Stone uses the foreign, alien technology in the Mother Box to bring his son back to life. However, his human body is gone, and now he is riddled with alien, robotic technology, including the ability to hack any interface, disable any security system. Simply put, in the age of the digital, he is a god, perhaps more than any of the other Justice League members. In a recent interview, Ray Fisher dubbed the character to be \u201crivaled by only Doctor Manhattan\u201d in terms of power. Aside from the chill-inducing fact that the two most powerful characters in the DC Universe are Black men (if, of course, the Doctor Manhattan Ray is referencing is Yahya Abdul-Mateen\u2019s version from the recent HBO series, which he very well could be because of the introduction of the Multiverse), this makes, in many ways, Cyborg more powerful than Wonder Woman, than Aquaman, than even Superman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet Cyborg cannot get past his survivor\u2019s guilt, at the fact that he walked away from what killed his mother; and his self-loathing at what he is, at what he has become\u2014essentially, a disabled man given life again. This is particularly important representation for the disabled community, who has few superheroes to call their own. Cyborg, rendered essentially paraplegic due to the loss of the lower half of his body, is given life again by technology, in what only dawned on me after the film had finished, that is chillingly referred to as \u201cMother\u201d. His mother\u2019s sacrifice is what unlocks his new abilities. Thus, Cyborg is not able to see the awe in what he can do without hating it\u2014hating his father for saving him. Burdened with guilt, he spends much of the movie in shadow, rejecting the Justice League. \u201cFuck the world,\u201d he snaps harshly at Diana Prince when she comes to recruit him. \u201cWhat has it ever done for me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sentiment alone is something that will resonate with many Black viewers, especially in light of the recent racial justice movements and the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected communities of color. And yet Cyborg\u2019s story, powerfully enough, has naught to do with racism\u2014not a single aspect of Cyborg\u2019s origin is about the color of his skin. A perfect example of this is a single shot, shown in several trailers, which speaks volumes: a maligned Cyborg as Victor Stone, raising his hands to dispel an armada of deadly weapons at his disposal. The image of the Black man, hands raised, peaceful, has been the calling card for the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet here Cyborg is in control of all the power, and rather than use it, he sends the missiles away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-3-1-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-3-1-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-3-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-3-1-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-3-1.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martian Manhunter, another Black man in the film, simply exists, and is powerful, and present. To have these two Black men&nbsp;<em>be<\/em>, without the burden of their Black identities weighing down their superhero identities, is a bold statement from Zack Snyder in and of itself. I was a big fan of Marvel Studios\u2019&nbsp;<em>Black Panther<\/em>, and even HBO\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Watchmen<\/em>\u2014both of which have been praised for their representation of Black superheroes. However, both stories deal intensely with racism and proximity to white supremacy. In the Snyder Cut, Black superheroes simply exist, and that affected me more profoundly than I can put into words.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That father-son dynamic I mentioned earlier is also very important, as Silas Stone\u2019s sacrifice\u2014to save his son\u2014is what closes the second act of the film. The mere notion of, in a major superhero blockbuster, a Black father sacrificing his own life to save his son\u2019s, is a statement that speaks volumes. Black fathers are often not portrayed as having any stake in their children\u2019s lives, especially not their sons. But the tender look Silas gives Victor when he sees his son leading the team into STAR Labs shows the pride he has, and a Black father being proud of his son is a revolutionary image in today\u2019s Hollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cyborg-4-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some fans have maligned Snyder for removing the comedic element of Cyborg, an element that was largely introduced and carried on in the&nbsp;<em>Teen Titans<\/em>&nbsp;animated series. These fans are unaware that Cyborg has a vast history in the comics as a character weighted by gravitas and seriousness. Hollywood has long been criticized by communities of color for doling out emotional heft to its white leads, and rendering its Black characters sidekicks who are solely there to trade quips and witty lines with their more developed white counterparts. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is guilty of this; Iron Man, Captain America and Ant-Man each have a \u201cfunny Black sidekick\u201d, who has no real personality and is solely there for comedic effect. I love the&nbsp;<em>Teen Titans<\/em>&nbsp;show, but Cyborg in it was largely this: joke after joke after joke, with no personality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, what is so powerful about Snyder\u2019s version of the character is that he is the emotional core of the team, and of the film. No other character\u2019s story is as ridden with weight, seriousness and emotion as Cyborg\u2019s. Sure, Flash has some touching moments with his father, but largely, the character who is taken the most seriously, who has the most gravitas, is a Black disabled man who feels ostracized from the world. That, for me, is infinitely more powerful than Cyborg simply serving as a joke machine to make the rest of the team laugh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the third act of the film, he is prepared to sacrifice himself to destroy the unity, the combination of the three Mother Boxes owned by the world of man. Barry Allen\u2019s lightning force is needed to shock it away, but in a moment of desperation Barry is taken out of the fighting, and Cyborg is rendered useless by the power of the Mother Box. We see a vision of him with his family: content, whole and \u201cnormal\u201d again. The vision tells him: \u201cOur broken boy. You don\u2019t have to be alone anymore\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a moment, Cyborg hesitates. But then he stands strong and says firmly, \u201cI am not broken. And I\u2019m not alone.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, Cyborg, you\u2019re not. The Justice League is with you. 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