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‘Ridiculously sexualize Nightwing’: Harley Quinn season 4 episode 1 gets backlash for objectifying Dick Grayson’s butt in skimpy photoshoot

‘Ridiculously sexualize Nightwing’: Harley Quinn season 4 episode 1 gets backlash for objectifying Dick Grayson’s butt in skimpy photoshoot

Nightwing literally being reduced to a “butt joke” in Harley Quinn season 4 episode 1 has not been well received by DCU fans. The fourth segment’s debut episode from HBO Max has Harls and the Bat-family investigating a gruesome crime scene involving a social media model and Dick Grayson’s butt may be the only arsenal at their hand to bring the killer to light.

The premiere episode of season 4 titled “Gotham’s Hottest Hotties” has not received an overwhelmingly positive reception like the previous season 3 episode 1. Harley Quinn season 3 gave Ivy and Harl their much-needed character arc twists by pushing Harley into giving up a life as a supervillain to join the Bat-family as a superhero. Meanwhile, Poison Ivy finally gets her long-overdue respect from the villain community after Lex Luthor asks her to run the Legion of Doom.

With the main storyline for Harlivy reaching some form of a conclusion for now, the creators are rather getting creative by picking up on fan-service elements to include them as a plot point. Speaking of, at SDCC 2023, it was confirmed Nightwing’s “phenomenal ass” would play into the story in season 4.

Unfortunately for the DC TV show creators, objectifying Grayson has failed to appeal to audiences as a humorous light-hearted moment. Fans who tuned in on the Harley Quinn season 4 episode 1 are disappointed for forcing Nightwing to do a raunchy photoshoot for Gotham Magazine with an exclusive look at his butt or as the show describes it, “juicy caboosey”.

The steamy scene plays out after Harls realizes Professor Pyg is behind the sequence of gory crime incidents. And with the knowledge that Professor Pyg appears to target victims from “Gotham’s Hottest Hotties”. Harley she and Batgirl impersonate photographers and engage in having Nightwing strip down his clothes for a desirable photoshoot. Dick Grayson is shown sporting a thong and although he appears to hesitate – Harls convinces him while Batgirl live streams the shoot.

Aside from critiquing Harley Quinn season 4 episode 1’s butt scene as a tasteless joke, many are calling the scene “disgusting” and questioning if “objectifying men is okay now” as @LynchUnhinged wrote on Twitter. From the looks of it, the majority of the fanbase is not in favor of sexualizing Grayson to the point where the character’s real identity is blurred to portray him as an eye candy for entertainment.

Though it should be noted Harley Quinn season 4 does not appear to be pulling punches in showcasing more sexual elements. In fact, season 4’s trailer has already teased Harley flashing her breasts and another steamy sexual moment between Harley and Poison Ivy in an elevator.

This is also not the first time Harley has had an erotic encounter with Nightwing. In Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie – Harley ties up Dick Grayson to a bed and engages to get intimate with him.

The first three episodes of Harley Quinn season 4 are currently streaming on HBO’s Max.

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