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Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’ (variety.com)

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[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but less cynically.

All Star Superman is kind of my yardstick for a great Superman story. It gives Superman a challenge he can't simply punch his way out of, and spends most of its time simply exploring how he moves through the world.

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Meanwhile the X-men have been around since the 1960s exploring all kinds of stories about how the greater population treats mutants. Including the recurring stories of Mageto's "We are better than them Charles" while Professor X is like "can't we all get along?"

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago

And there's conservatives now asking when X-Men became "Woke"...