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'Superman' director reveals reboot will tackle politics and kindness, tells 'jerks' to 'screw' off
New "Superman" director James Gunn discussed how the film addresses politics, morality, and immigration while highlighting ...
Is Superman an immigrant? How the Man of Steel became political
Superman has had a connection to immigrants from the beginning. The superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were ...
James Gunn Hails 'Superman' Success as a "Testament to Kindness" Despite Controversy Over Film's Politics
James Gunn is flying high after the global debut of Superman brought in a $217 million opening weekend — a promising start to his and Peter Safran’s bold new era for DC Studios. While the film has ...
James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ Is About ‘Basic Human Kindness’ and the Pro-Immigrant ‘Story of America’
The director tells the Times of London "obviously there will be jerks out there" who are offended, but adds, "Screw them" ...
What Trump knows about ‘Superman’ — that Hollywood can’t comprehend
In James Gunn’s new film, America is nothing special. Neither, for that matter, is Superman. It’s a bland and demoralizing ...
Can ‘Superman’ Fly Above Today’s Polarized Politics?
The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton “an immigrant,” thrusting the summer ...
‘Superman’ isn’t superwoke. Why the backlash is overblown
In the lead up to the film's release, some right-wing commentators have been in an uproar over 'Superman's' alleged immigrant ...
What Trump Knows About Superman
What viewers want in Superman is a hero who knows why he stands for America, who doesn't kill not because he's weak but ...
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SUPERMAN Is ‘The Story of an Immigrant,’ Says James Gunn, and ‘Basic Human Kindness as a Value’
James Gunn reveals that Superman tells the story of America, about "an immigrant that came from other places," and values ...