Comments on: Whose Superman is he, anyway?

By: Marine

Marine — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:32:01 +0000

The “mild mannered reporter” isn’t Clark either. Clark Kent is the guy we see when he’s free to just be himself around his family and friends, at least the ones who know that he’s also Superman.

By: James Baker

James Baker — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:20:07 +0000

I’m sorry Joe, but the canon/mythos has always been “…who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter…”.

By: Joe Szilagyi

Joe Szilagyi — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:49:41 +0000

That’s all backwards, and goes against what is generally seen as canon/mythos. Superman is just a mask for Clark Kent. Bruce Wayne is a mask for Batman. Peter Parker only wears the mask (or did, anyway) to protect his family. That part is right.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:45:50 +0000

Did they mention that Tarantino cribbed that from Jules Fieffer?

By: PyD

PyD — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:56:06 +0000

I don’t get it. I have a degree in Lit and Art History, and MA in Film Studies, I can spot subtext 10 miles away in a flaming poo storm and I just don’t get the need of activist elements of social groups to have fictional characters associated with them.

If the subtexty of a character marks them as being derived from the experience of a social or racial group the desperate need to ahve public acknowledgement of that holds within it a subtext of insecurity, and not a particularly deeply hidden one.

I think when society turns a collective critical eye on a piece of pop culture and draws out its influences it can educate people and enrich theri experience of something but the incessant claiming of things that can arise is fairly moronic.