One of the biggest problems with modern media literacy is not that people can't read subtext into things, but that they only look for subtext that supports their viewpoint.
The truth is that BOTH of these readings are valid, even if one of them sucks.
Not a single right-winger understands that superheroes are an inherently left-wing concept.
Even Iron Man, who is a billionaire weapons maker is a left-wing aligned commentary since he realizes his business is supplying terrorists and does something about it.
They always want to believe they are something that they are not. Right wing Americans are the antithesis of Jesus, Superman, and the Buddha. They are against helping the poor, sick and disadvantaged.
The official joke is: "You know Jesus was Jewish because he lived at home until he was 30; went into his father's business; his mother thought he was God; and he thought his mother was a virgin."
I hated that they ruined Cavill's Superman with such heavy-handed "see? He's JESUS!" imagery. It's one thing to recognize potential religious allegory there, as in just about any supernatural hero saves the world story. It's another to beat the viewer about the head with it so desperately.
To be fair, that was also a problem with the Christopher Reeve films. Other adaptations, like the #DCAU, the animated films and TV shows, don't have such overtly Christian elements.
You're probably right. I haven't watched the Reeve films since I was a kid, so I don't really remember them being nearly as churchy, but then I grew up in a very churchy environment.
Without a doubt... goes very much along the same lines of the huge error we see there. They accuse Star Trek of having become "woke" yet it's possibly the most "woke" tv production ever created right from the outset it was trailblazing in this sense.
What that cult think is neither here nor there with me. The scary part is that they're the genuine pandemic worldwide right now. They're like a virus with no genuine antidote atm.
It's gonna take people to rise and make themselves heard.
The antidote to any cult is educating one's self. But MAGA wants to band books. Eventually the blinders will fall off and history will remember MAGA is a modern take on the politicization of neo-nazi on American soil. Sad.
Oh, education is the most important factor. It's why we have what we have right now... But ut unfortunately goes beyond just simple education. It's also about demographics and the fact some of those communities have been left to rot and the "cultists" capitalised on this fact to indoctrinate them.
Lifelong fidelity to one partner is about love, dude, not political science or party affiliation. You should ask the leader of each party what they think.
Let’s not forget that 60s TV show which depicts a post-scarcity future society, which so many Republicans love but don’t seem to have noticed that it’s got universal healthcare, equality, diversity and seems to depict something really close to socialism...
calling superman a christ figure is blasphemy. The red white and blue in his suit were a representation of freedom. Truth justice and the american way is not Lies, Retribution, and fascism. There is so many things wrong with this. Also he let lois lane choose who she wanted to be with.
S'man is considered left because he embodies social justice, fighting for the oppressed and supporting workers' rights. His battles against corporate greed, highlight his commitment to equality and social responsibility. This aligns him more with progressive values than conservative ones.👍✨
Saw A Christmas Carol last night and even back then, it took threatening the rich with imminent death before they would provide healthcare to dying children.
Statistically, half of the people in the audience would have been fine with Scrooge going the other way if the kid was Pequeño Tim.
Tbf, I think a lot of that comes from his daddy's issues. He gets so mad when his people don't obey him, he tells them to kill something to calm him down. So I think he comes by it honestly.
Even if Jesus was an Essene, there's no rule that says that Christians have to be influenced by the historical figure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes
So called "Christians" wouldn't deign to interact or deign to even look at Him on a normal day. He hung out with some people that would blow their minds.
Not only is the character of Superman left-wing in totality. He is the representation of an immigrant (the ultimate immigrant) in which for quite some time so many are suspicious of.
Then the character of Jesus... Possibly the most left-wing person ever written on paper. I blame education 🤷♂️
and further, Superman was an INTENTIONAL twisting of the nazi ubermensch concept to show open defiance to their horrific ideals...created to redefine the idea and show a truly heroic, compassionate and decent character instead of sad collection of propaganda tropes.
My mom had a bumper sticker and that said “Jesus was a big hearted liberal. “
And my brother wouldn’t let her park in his driveway or in front of his house
Jesus was an undocumented immigrant with an agenda which enraged the rich and powerful due to His focus on the poor and vulnerable. He would have enraged the seemingly powerful business and political class in the same way and they would have called for His imprisonment, deportation and silencing.
Jesus would be flipping some tables if he were here to see wealthy conservative "christians".
I'm not religious but mum was and I know my lore and canon.
Let’s be real, the right wouldn’t have deported Superman. All of his acts of heroism and justice would have been construed as terrorism and he would be locked in a maximum security facility. The right don’t take kindly to vigilante justice…
And until Cold War politicians inserted it, “The American Way” was not part of the motto. It was simply, “Truth and Justice”. He fought for those who were victimized or oppressed.
Let's not shun the idea of a white male hero fighting for the people. Luigi is a great example of how the left can embrace an identity that the right has been trying to own.
The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Michael Chabon.
book details how the Superman comics came to be. Two cousins,one a refuge from Hitler who went to NY to live with family. Jewish kids,came up with a world where Kal-El (Hebrew) from the planet Krypton fought fascists. An immigrant.
MAGA fools.
“Loyal to one woman in marriage” … that’s a right wing trait? Who are the undisputed leaders of the right-wing? Musk and Trump, both famous for loyalty to their wife(s). LOL
In the very earliest stories of that particular illegal immigrant, the clearly Jewish-coded Clark Kent (son of Sarah and Eben Kent!) fought a wife-beater and a minor government bureaucrat, worked as a journalist, was clearly what Andrew Tate would call a beta male, and was in no way right-wing.
Arroz' comment is just a reminder of how totally the right doesn't understand pop culture -- not even an icon like Superman who has been around for 86 years.
Superman has always been a bleeding-heart do-gooder, the exact opposite of what conservatism is about.
They don't. They focus on Paul's letter to the Romans because those justify their desire to hate atheists, LGBT* folks, outsiders, et al, and ignore the inclusive teachings of the big J and most of the other apostles. Love to hate, hate to love, that's the fundy way, and Paul lets them.
I'm not sure if that can be said. Jesus cared deeply about the poor and welcoming the stranger, but he said relatively little about government, other than that we should obey the law and "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." Earthly rule wasn't his priority.
I remember growing up and feeling like I needed to 'hide' the inner geek to fit in. With time and learning more about life you realize that's about the last thing you'd want to hide about yourself.
The majority I stand with, and my only point of contention in this list is Doctor Who. You're describing specific plot lines that appeared way more heavily in NewWho, while originally Doctor Who was created as a family friendly show focused on exploring both history and science.
The Doctor always favored humans, sure, but his "ride or die" attitude toward them and targeting of bad regimes to protect them as described by this list is a much more recent writing development.
Wait'll they learn about Wonder Woman: From an island of only women into bondage, brought to life without traditional pregnancy, also fought nazis and sexists, champions women's equality, created by a polyamorous male feminist.
Truth? Nope. Justice? Nope. The American way? Not the way Superman does it. Superman would never be a modern republican. He’s a journalist, for gods sake.
Mary was royal blood from the house of King David. Money probably wasn't a problem. The title "King of the Jews" was contemporary. If the prophecy said the king would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey as though he was a common man, then that's what was going to happen o unite the Jews against Rome.
According to traditional Jewish law, a person's Jewish status is passed down through their mother, meaning Jewish bloodline is considered to be passed through the female line; this is called matrilineal descent.
Trump has had 3 wives and has cheated on all of them. It is insane to me people are still trying to frame him as the "family man Christian". I doubt he even knows his kids' birthdays.
I do very little dealing with him anymore, honestly. It's just sad how far out he's spun... we had kinda woke parents and were just not raised like that. At all.
I think that was because a while back they were tossing around the idea of a black Superman movie. That was before the reboot of the DCU of course. But the white supremacists were up in arms over it. It was an alternate universe version of the character too.
I was really into Superman comics as a kid. I remember one time they did a “dream-imaginary” storyline where he revealed his identity to Lois and married her. But never a “real-life” marriage.
Of course I stopped reading them about 1960, so I “might have missed some things.” 😆
The son of sky daddy? I don't believe in fairy tales. If there's an omnipotent entity, it's a sadistic asshole that doesn't deserve allegiance from me. The atrocities in the name of ___ are still atrocities.
Before "Superman" became a corporate brand, in the comic books Lex Luthor was simply a fellow... I think?.. Smallvillian kid who lost his hair in a chemical accident he himself had caused. The fact that a young man was now bald supposedly made him go insane and he became a megalomaniac supervillian.
In all fairness though, the DC Comics writers of the '60s wrote excellent sci-fi. They were absolutely faithful to their character bible. They had a "letters" section where fans would try to trip them up on some plot. They'd reply with these elaborate new stories which sewed-up all contradictions!
Lmao them claiming superman is a right leaning figure because "he's loyal to 1 woman and he's white"🤣🤣🤣... the one 1 woman part if funny because they elected trump, the white part is funny, because they're basically admitting the right favir the whites. So much said without saying very much
Loyal to one woman in marriage is a right wing concept? Meanwhile, President Musk has a 1000 baby mothers & VP Trump has 3 baby mothers & is working on his 4th. VP Trump also slept with a porn star while married to his 3rd wife.
Don't forget he also "touched " many other women during all of his marriages. So one woman agreed to fuck him while he was married , and he VIOLATED countless others his whole life. Sounds to me like this man is a sex addict as well as a drug addict.
No, don't take away his responsibility for his actions by calling it addiction. Plenty of people suffer from addiction, even sex addiction, and don't go around sexually assaulting people. No, he's a mindless rapey dickbeast, and somehow, we've put him and his minions in charge of our country.
They don't really like the few words of Jesus that are recorded in the New Testament. They prefer OT and Paul because it doesn't threaten their world view of grabbing everything you can for yourself and to Hell with the poor. The complete opposite of the words of Jesus.
But "heaven forbid" you ask Trump to recite you a Bible verse, because it's "personal"... And certainly not because he's never read a single word in the book, and is just using Christianity to dupe his dumb religious voters.
Are we picking our favorite fictional role model? There isn't one. A well written character has flaws and trials relatable to the reader but limited by the story. Life is not a story, pages don't turn back focus changes.
More to be had from grains of a field than from under the same tree.
Good examples, I like Spock for his rationality. I don't like his lack of emotional spectrum because it can interfere with crew communication. Both parts where well written into a story but being like Spock or a Vulcan would be of not benefit in daily life for a human today.
I believe my point was miscommunicated. My inspiration is taken from all over, I try to reflect the best traits out of dozens of role models instead of focusing on one and adopting the flaws of the one with the strengths.
A mix of never meet your hero and keep a wide perspective.
He went BEYOND the Golden Rule: "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Stunning.
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The truth is that BOTH of these readings are valid, even if one of them sucks.
Even Iron Man, who is a billionaire weapons maker is a left-wing aligned commentary since he realizes his business is supplying terrorists and does something about it.
They are the Nazis, not the Allies
It's gonna take people to rise and make themselves heard.
https://youtu.be/fF22jp2VBJg?si=AVUgaWN789O4eExO
Something “trek”, wasn’t it? 😉
Statistically, half of the people in the audience would have been fine with Scrooge going the other way if the kid was Pequeño Tim.
Dude had some pretty severe anger issues.
Fit, Strong, not the Alpha Male type. Not loyal to Lois, was the love interest of Diana Prince (Wonder Woman).
Is Anti-War, Anti-Corruption, but doesn't fight every elected official in this country.
Alternate History: Raised in Russia (See Superman: Red Son)
Then the character of Jesus... Possibly the most left-wing person ever written on paper. I blame education 🤷♂️
It goes on the list.
But right winger, I guess.
You used White Jesus.
Its not like there are photographs from back then. Many of the artists renditions used real life models.
Near East 2000 years ago, it’s not like now where vastly different people can intermingle.
C’mon… 😑
And my brother wouldn’t let her park in his driveway or in front of his house
There’s always someone in their cult willing to say the quiet part out loud.
They want your children straight, white, armed and angry.
MAGA must Lie, Cheat and Steal! Abortion. Guns. Equality. End Christian nationalism!Maga is the CONFEDERACY!!
https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/
I'm not religious but mum was and I know my lore and canon.
You don't know a socialist when you see one, OP.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213873842-making-money-real
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Also — Thank you for your voice.
Superman was CLEARLY anti-MAGA.
“Here’s the mental gymnastics I put myself through to convince myself that a comic book character supports my warped world view”
book details how the Superman comics came to be. Two cousins,one a refuge from Hitler who went to NY to live with family. Jewish kids,came up with a world where Kal-El (Hebrew) from the planet Krypton fought fascists. An immigrant.
MAGA fools.
Superman has always been a bleeding-heart do-gooder, the exact opposite of what conservatism is about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLBXAs2LO8k
With the zionists crucifying him..
https://youtu.be/NEmScsUkbo4?si=tPdjQQIRva5D_D8P
Father, son & holy goat..
https://youtu.be/Yh-eMuIVGgU?si=5-PV52WliLPZ5gUa
According to traditional Jewish law, a person's Jewish status is passed down through their mother, meaning Jewish bloodline is considered to be passed through the female line; this is called matrilineal descent.
His was an angel
Isn't that special?!
That cited tweet shows a clear ignorance of comic culture and history
Spoiler, you wont find it in comedy, theatre or the movies.
That's because they're on the wrong side of history.
But not for the right reasons.
Obviously.
Of course I stopped reading them about 1960, so I “might have missed some things.” 😆
He was big on forgiveness.
MAGA repent, you still have a chance.
It's hard to turn Jesus' words into hate speech
Yeah...VERY left dude.
It's why I still call myself a Catholic. I'm following the teachings of Christ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman?wprov=sfla1
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More to be had from grains of a field than from under the same tree.
Maybe you're reading the wrong books...
A mix of never meet your hero and keep a wide perspective.
https://youtu.be/yY3HUDhe7jk?si=b3cmX0MXrCRGmkl_