Apparently, The CW has decided it wants to drastically shrink the pool of people who’ll watch the show, and, really, the network
(Variety) “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow†is adding a major character to its third season.
Tala Ashe is joining the CW show as a series regular, Variety has learned. The actress will take on the role of Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a new member of the team aboard the Waverider.
The character Zari Adrianna Tomaz is a Muslim-American woman from the year 2030 who lives in a world of contradictions — technology has brought about incredible change in her future, but too bad human nature hasn’t kept pace. Fear, prejudice and a lack of care for the planet have forced Zari to become a “grey hat hacktivist.†Described as a computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude, she is a woman living a double life who doesn’t realize that she has secret, latent powers derived from an ancient, mystical source.
A follow up article from Variety really ramps up the social justice warrioring and virtue signaling, but, here’s where it gets really fun.
In the comics, Adrianna Tomaz was a citizen of the fictional nation of Kahndaq who fights against its corrupt government, specifically against the country’s leader Black Adam. Eventually she becomes the hero named Isis.
Think they’ll keep that superhero name?
As for that follow up acticle
Adding a Muslim character in the midst of the current political climate was no coincidence.
“You might have heard there was this election,†cracked executive producer Marc Guggenheim on Wednesday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills. “Not to get political, but something that we all gravitated toward in the writers room was making this character Muslim.â€
One has to wonder, though, if this is more about patronizing the people who tend to watch the show in order to make money than any sort of SJW garbage.
