Originally Posted by
jackolover
I think it would be worth at least addressing the elephant in the room about What Superman stands for. It says on the old TV series he is for “Truth, justice and the American way”, but there is so much injustice in society, that if Superman showed up for The George Floyd, or Jacob Blake type situations, that would be controversial. That is what I want DC to confront with Superman in the middle of that.
Because, you see, DC have this Superman. When he first appeared he punched wife beaters, but never progressed further than that. If there is injustice in the world in America, he should pick a side. DC has, like Marvel, side-stepped the moral issues of the times. I can rationalise the Marvel Earth super heroes keeping away from injustice, because they are too close to it. But Superman? He’s this outsider, and he doesn’t have a horse in this race. Superman can walk up to these situations, put his hand up to stop the bullets, the brick walls, the loss of outreach, and dictate his own moral in those situations, because America can’t kick him out. Superman can go or stay where he likes and no one can stop him.
I know, as Clark Kent, Clark does get viewed as human with a sensitivity not to rock the boat. But this is Superman. He’s seen how humans make it hard for other humans, and it doesn’t have to be this endemic. All around the world, it’s the same problem. But at least in one country, for”The American way”. Superman could do something there.