{"id":77366,"date":"2015-07-03T13:02:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=77366"},"modified":"2015-07-03T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:02:26","slug":"supergirls-melissa-benoist-i-want-to-do-right-by-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/supergirls-melissa-benoist-i-want-to-do-right-by-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergirl’s Melissa Benoist: “I want to do right by women”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Supergirl\"<\/a>The SNL<\/em><\/strong> Black Widow parody trailer was a sharp piece of satire, and when the Supergirl<\/em><\/strong> trailer came out, complete with Kara trying to juggle her day job responsibilities, personal life and superheroism, there were a fair few comparisons made.<\/p>\n

Speaking to EW<\/a>, Supergirl<\/em><\/strong> star Melissa Benoist addressed the comparisons and the question of whether the show\u00a0should send a message of female empowerment.<\/p>\n

“I do. Of course, I do,” she replied. “We don\u2019t really take ourselves too seriously in that respect. The camp is going to be there. It\u2019s a superhero show. But I don\u2019t think that takes away from the female empowerment. Obviously you see Kara in her work atmosphere, it resembles the Black Widow parody, but what you don\u2019t see is Kara kicking butt. There\u2019s so much more in the pilot that I think people are really going to be surprised by. Also, it\u2019s a girl. Supergirl, that whole discussion, it\u2019s a girl figuring out how to become a woman. [The SNL <\/em>spoof] came out and all of us thought it was so hilarious. I don\u2019t think any of us expected people to compare them or put them side-by-side.”
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