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The team behind “Superman” is responding to the backlash after director James Gunn said the DC tentpole is the story of “an immigrant that came from other places.”

When asked about the reaction to his comments, James Gunn explained that the movie is for “everyone” and that he doesn’t have “anything to say to anybody” spreading negativity around “Superman.”

“I’m not here to judge people,” he told Variety at Monday night’s “Superman” premiere at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre. “I think this is a movie about kindness and I think that’s something everyone can relate to.”

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[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 105 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Everything upsets MAGA. They’re petulant children in desperate need of a nap. Sadly, they are using that energy to ruin lives, and destroy a country.

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[–] Sickday@kbin.earth 71 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I hate the director for deciding to associate a fictional character with societal issues.

Has there been any movie where fictional characters aren't associated with societal issues? I ask because I'm pretty sure every single movie does this.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Superman is woke and also "antifa".

{shudders, and clutches pearls harder}

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That's wild. Superman fought the KKK and Nazis. He fought for equal rights. My man threw nuclear missiles into the sun in the 80s for demilitarization. Superman is a political figure fighting for a better society. He just also happens to fight big space monsters from time to time as well.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Show me a piece of fiction which has nothing to say about societal issues and I'll show you a fucking boring piece of fiction.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Show me a piece of fiction which has nothing to say about societal issues and I’ll show you an author or reader who doesn’t understand literature.

I don’t think it’s even possible for a participant in society to write something that has nothing to do with society. We are all affected by our environments. Fish might not notice the ocean, but it doesn’t mean that they could write something that doesn’t involve the ocean, to really stretch a metaphor.

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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

its like people that get angry at rage against the machine for singing about politics.

... that is the whole point.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They claim that they don't want movies talking about politics, but I bet they'd have no issue if the movie was anti-immigration

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

people who say they don't like politics in videogames actually like politics even more, they just wish they were seeing different politics

-HBomberguy in his Fallout New Vegas video

[–] Penny7@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To the limbo 'how low can you go'

How dumb can you get? How dumb can you get?

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Party of "fuck your feelings" huh? MAGA biggest cry babies out there. Guess it makes sense.

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[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Science bless you James Gunn. Keep fighting the good fight.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't help but feel like when Hollywood switched to ME villains instead of nazis, it really had a large sociological effect.

Not that it was intentional propaganda, just that 20 years of "anything to stop poor brown people in the desert" had an effect different than "anything to stop the genocidal fascists".

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's because the scary Boogeyman has to be relevant. USA needed people to get onboard with current wars, not old wars.

There were also plenty of movies about the scary Russians too in that specific political time.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lex Luthor: Make America Great Again! Krypton has not sent us their best or finest. Kryptonians are all rapists and drug dealers. Also, I am looking at stripping Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince of their citizenship because they say mean things about me.

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