Tatiana Siegel, in her Hollywood Reporter piece today slugged,
“Superman eschews longtime patriot act”
found HERE
reminds us that even our superheroes have gone the way of the latest attempt at a flag amendment.
Siegel quotes co-writer Michael Dougherty as saying
We were always hesitant to include the term ‘American way’ because the meaning of that today is somewhat uncertain,” Ohio native Dougherty explains. “The ideal hasn’t changed. I think when people say ‘American way,’ they’re actually talking about what the ‘American way’ meant back in the ’40s and ’50s, which was something more noble and idealistic.
Dougherty, a “more noble and idealistic” time? Back when? You mean during the very time when Congress was closely examining film makers for their left-leanings? When people of color and individuals of differing orientations were summarily defiled and put aside? Or, perhaps you are referring to a time in America when the very notion of a second car or even a second television was all but a pipe dream for most Americans. Politically, you must be referencing a more “noble and idealistic” time as Tommy Turtle sang the “duck and cover” theme to millions of school children as they would practice hiding under their school desks during air raid drills during the Cold War?
The very “American Way” that you set out to shun or set aside with this film is the true basis for your collective successes in Hollywood. The international audience to your films, if left to its own to feed your lifestyles, would leave you hungry. Good luck. You’re going to need it.
