Superman is super woke? How politics play into the new man of steel

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/12/superman-movie-woke-politics-immigration

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neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 1y

Superman’s whole deal is that he’s corny. He’s meant to be inherently good; the best people can aspire to. That’s what being woke is.

yessikg@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Oh this seems like an excellent breakdown of the movie (can somebody who watched it please confirm?)

::: spoiler description of how the movie handles political issues It's the typical milquetoast, vague addressing of political issues without too much focus, emphasis, or something to say, that blockbusters tend to go for :::

AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It isn't the focus of the movie and as such, wasn't the focus of the movie. So, yeah, I guess?

yessikg@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

Yeah, makes sense

BuckenBerry@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

::: spoiler spoiler It does have hawk girl kill the netenyahu stand-in. :::