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Apple pie. Baseball. These are the things you think of when you think of America. Another thing that can be added to this list, is the superhero. Since 1938, when Superman graced the cover of Funny Stories #1superheroes have become America’s greatest export. And because he was the first. Superman will always be A little more American than the rest.
Yes, Superman is not American at all. He is a newcomer. An immigrant – and today, that word has a very different meaning than it did in the past. At a recent io9 event, writer-director James Gunn talked about his feelings its color Superman appropriate entering America’s political history today.
“When I watch the trailer and the movie, we have a confused vision of Superman at the beginning. I think it’s our country,” Gunn said. , they are doing their best to survive and be good people, regardless of what the other side may be. I think this is about the kindness of people seen as uncool, and can be seen as surrounded by some dark voices and some loud voices. This is what happens when you let the internet look like the world – when it’s not the world.
Gunn compared this to what happened to him. He said: “I live in rural Georgia. “I see the kindness and beauty of people every day who do not share the same political beliefs as I do. But I think that’s what this movie is about, the basic nature of humanity. All over the world, by the way. “
Meaning, yes, Superman can be seen as a light of hope and goodness in America, the world of culture, and the whole world that the hero is in charge of.
Do you think Gunn is on to something here with his reading of the personality? Desire Superman to be a film that is universally accepted? We’ll find out in a few months Superman opens in theaters July 11.
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