So the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Night (2011-2014) was not high on my must-see list.
It was one of the most expensive musicals in history, riddled with production accidents (Spidey has a lot of web-swinging to do).
It was panned by critics, who complained that it combined the worst set-pieces of the 2002 with pretentious Greek-chorus stuff, and ignores Spidey's comic book origins.
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It was certainly heterosexist, with Mary Jane being captured and melting into Spidey's arms every five minutes.
But it has something that the comic book never had: multiple Spider-Men.
You need a lot for all the stunts, and because they keep getting injured.
Spider-Men include man-mountains like Matthew Wilkas (top photo), Reed Kelly (left), Adam Ray Dyer (below).
Jake Odmark, Justin Matthew Sargent, Matthew James Thomas, Marcus Bellamy, and on and on and on....
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How about now, with nine Spidermen strutting their stuff on Times Square?
New productions are being planned for major cities in America and Europe, so you may yet have a chance to gawk at your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Men.
Apparently the internet thinks his death scene in Infinity War was homoerotic, and the meme is already dank.
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