Superman: Truth, Justice, and . . . all That Stuff
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James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Apparently, Superman is not an American anymore.
SUPERMAN’S motto, “Truth, justice and the American way,” has been rewritten in the new “Superman Returns” to “Truth, justice and . . . all that stuff.” Jeannie Wolf reports on Movies.com that screenwriters Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris wanted to avoid outdated jingoism. Dan: “I don’t think ‘the American way’ means what it meant in 1945.” Mike: “He’s not just for Metropolis and not just for America.” Dan: “He’s an alien, from Krypton; he has come to Earth to be kind of a savior for this world, not our country . . . And he has no papers.” Mike: “What would happen with the immigration laws we have now?” Dan: “I’d like to see someone kick him out!”
Lovely. I understand the sentiment–Superman has been saving the (fictitious) world (he fictitiously inhabits) for decades. Still, it’s just wrong somehow.
Via “Tyler Durden,” who is somewhat less understanding.
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Conservatives are lamenting the damage conservatives have done to America. We can not even market “the American way” anymore. Guess why?
I was so looking forward to seeing the new Superman movie. Now I’m so disappointed to learn that superman is soldiering for the “new world order” instead of America… I will definitely NOT see this movie. Hollywood, you can stick it!
As I mentioned on my blog, I guess I didn’t take too much offense to the leaving out “and the American Way” because it wasn’t Superman that said this. For all we know he still completely stands for “the American Way”. It was the Newspaper editor that said this line, and we all know how they think.
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Boycott Hollywood…the same reason jobs are leaving the country is the same reason ‘Superman’ no longer fights for “Truth, Justice and the American Way” - because they’re more interested in selling tickets to a ‘World Audience’ than to an exclusively ‘American Audience’.
OK…they want it that way? Tell they to try to get 70 ‘yuan’ for a seat in a Chineez theater…