‘Superman’ Film’s Right-Wing Backlash: Director Calls Superhero An Immigrant—And MAGA Erupts
Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 2 developments
Some fans have long thought of Superman as an immigrant character, as his displacement from his fictional home planet to the United States is a key part of his story.
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James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ Is About an “Immigrant That Came From Other Places”
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‘Superman’ Film’s Right-Wing Backlash: Director Calls Superhero An Immigrant—And MAGA Erupts
"Superman" director James Gunn -- who was fired by Disney after a decade's worth of tweets he wrote about child rape, Mexicans, AIDS, and the Holocaust went viral; who said "Trump wakes up every morning hoping more kids are murdered by immigrants so it will help him in the polls;" who called Sen.
If you don't like immigrants, then you are not American. That was actor Sean Gunn's declaration when asked about the new Superman movie that casts its hero as an immigrant outsider.
Actor Sean Gunn defended his brother, "Superman" director James Gunn, for suggesting the upcoming superhero movie has a message about immigration politics.
Some fans have long thought of Superman as an immigrant character, as his displacement from his fictional home planet to the United States is a key part of his story.
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