• Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    No they’re not. They’re mutants with superpowers. Not everything is a gay fable.

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      10 months ago

      It’s an allegory for the civil rights movement with prof. X as MLK Jr and Magneto as Malcolm X. In proper allegorical fashion this means it can be representative for any form of civil resistance by a repressed class, including the fight for gay rights.