Hello
I have found this thread on google, as i like to see reactions from people about this show, and looked through most of the posts here. As there seems to be quite some misinformation about the Show i figured i should clear some things up.
(Even though i have registered only to talk about Shezow here, i am not unfamiliar with transgender community, let's just leave it as that as this is not the topic at hand)
I am myself a fan of the show, i have seen all the episodes which are available currently(the show aired previously on a channel in australia before the Hub even heard about it. But they stopped airing it after episode 8 without any notice why. However we all assume it is NOT because of complains, as they would mentioned anything about it by now, and they started to reair the episodes again.) and i have read a lot what the Creator himself said about the Show, so i know a fair bit about the show.
First things first
Shezow is not about transgender. It can be barely called "Crossdressing", because even though he is a guy dressed in women's clothes, he doesn't identify with it.(in that aspect, its more of a "costume")
He starts to identify a bit with the Superhero persona, but not with the female dressing aspect of it.
Even though the commercials say he becomes a girl, he does not(!), the creator himself confirmed it is just crossdressing, not genderbending, if the voice isn't a give away to you.
He does not identify with transgender, girls or crossdressing, he is just doing it because he has to. But he doesn't have a problem with it either.
At first he was against it, but not because he thinks transgender/crossdressers are sick, but because...he is a 12 year old boy, who identifies as a boy, in a female uniform. If you identify yourself as a girl, how would you feel if you have to wear a male schooluniform? Right, it's like that.
Since episode 2 the crossdressing thing is almost never being mentioned again, as it is not the focus of show...technically speaking.
The rare instances that mention it are 2:
-In one episode he dreams of playing in a football game, while still wearing the Shezow dress, and his friends wonder "Why are you wearing a dress?" he answers with "So what i am wearing a dress" and thats it
-In another episode, a friendly creature wonders "Since when is Shezow a boy? ... Not that there is anything wrong with it." again, that's it
So as you can see, it's almost never a topic of the show, not even played for laughs(aside the first episode for like 1 minute top), and if it is being mentioned, it's NOT seen as something stupid or funny.
As for sexism:
A lot of people complain that the Shezow costume(which was worn by female heroes prior to the protagonist of the show) is playing too much of a stereotype of a girl. You know, laserLIPSTICK, bommerrangBRUSH, superEYELASHES and so on. While that is true, the intention is not of mocking such things, but for appreciating it, it's being played for coolness, not for laughs. Also it is never implied all girls(or boys) should be like this, on the contrary, the female cast of the show all have different and unique personalities.
There is even one episode(which is not available yet, but some images got leaked with the creator himself talking about it) with a person form an parallel universe, which is a girl who gets a mans superhero uniform.
The creator even had a team of female co workers look over the script to avoid any accidentally provocation, to avoid the sexism card.
As you can see, it is just what it looks like, another random cartoon for kids.
Even the HUB himself has tested this Show on a possible audience to make sure it's safe.
If you have any questions regarding the show i will try to answer them. I don't like the spreading of false information. (which as you can imagine happens a lot of the show)
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