Joking you were not, you were being serious! I thought you were joking about Alred being portly and the Penguin being a woman....now I reallly wish you were joking.
shareI haven't watched this yet, but Alfred was portly when the character was first introduced in the comics (and I believe his surname then was 'Beagle', not 'Pennyworth').
shareFor the same reason they made Barbara Gordon black and Harley Quinn a chubby Asian lesbian.
shareHarley Quinn is overweight and a lesbian in this version.
Well, got to keep that male gaze averted I guess. Modern audiences and all that. If you mock or criticize you are an incel and all the bad things.
Body positivity and wokeness.
shareYou can't say fat any more. I believe that is perceived as being deliberately hateful body shaming.
I understand the correct, social acceptable term these days is the inoffensive "portly".
Better choice than Penguin being a woman. I guess we should be glad that Alfred isn't a trans male.
shareI think the creators wanted to make white men weak, bald and fat. Bullock was also a fatass and he wasn't always fat. I liked Alfred in the Gotham show since he was a former special forces soldier who could protect Bruce with guns or martial arts. I believe he is also heroic in the Pennyworth show. Alfred did provide more comic relief in the 30's but he wasn't a fatass.
I contend that the showrunners made Penguin a woman in the first episode in order to tell long-term fans that this show is not for them. This show is for a modern audience so old white dudes can buzz off.