There was no particular demand for this line to be removed, but in recent years it did become a meme satirizing this type of casual homophobic humor. In context, Spider-Man is trying to rile up a macho wrestler by implying that he’s gay. (“ This was essential to his character, cant believe they are harming Raimi’s vision.”) But most responses focus on something else entirely: The scene’s legacy as a meme: Predictably, some commenters are complaining about this Spider-Man edit as an example of “woke” modern pop-culture-or mocking the idea of caring about it in the first place. In the Marvel franchise, Disney+ has actually made much more significant edits to recent projects like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, where violent scenes were digitally altered a few months after the show’s original broadcast. It’s not unusual for TV broadcasts to include minor edits, although they’re more often geared toward censoring cursewords. THEY REMOVED PETER PARKER'S HOMOPHOBIA /QmbFabVpc7- PaperPlane April 23, 2022