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X-Men ’97 Deserves a Best Drama Emmy Nomination


Move aside, Loki.

Charles Xavier and Magneto’s longtime beef concerns whether it’s best for mutants to work toward a future co-existence with humans or just outright supplant them as the new dominant species of life on Earth. What to do when a majority refuses to take its boot off of the neck of the minority is a provocative and timely idea, helping X-Men ’97 feel as vital as the animated series ever has. Sure, a Best Drama nomination for a show that got its start as a Saturday-morning cartoon for kids would be a big feat of salesmanship, but the rewards would be groundbreaking, headline-making.

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