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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Tracy Brown

'Horny-forward' 'She-Hulk' is not your usual Marvel fare. Here are the key contrasts

In the first episode of "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law," audiences not only learn how Jennifer Walters gains her superpowers — they also discover that she's a tad obsessed with Steve Rogers' sex life. It's something she keeps pestering her cousin Bruce Banner about until he reveals whether Rogers ever lost his virginity.

One of the things about the Disney+ series that struck Mark Ruffalo, quoting head writer Jessica Gao, is "how horny-forward [the story] is" compared to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he shares with a laugh. Ruffalo, who has been playing Banner and his alter-ego Hulk since 2012's "The Avengers," also enjoys how "She-Hulk," which launched Thursday, "just takes the piss out of a lot of the superhero macho stuff and kind of the toxic, male Reddit culture" that at times permeates certain fandoms.

It also helps that the show is genuinely funny.

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