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Former Superman actor Dean Cain calls new movie 'woke'
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The release of a new Superman movie has some in the Make America Great Again (Maga) movement steaming mad. This is because James Gunn, the man behind the film and the head of DC Studios, is drawing attention to immigration as one of the movie’s major themes.
Gunn courted outrage from the online (and televised) right with an interview in The Times of London. In that talk, published on Sunday, Gunn rightfully pointed out that Superman is both an immigrant and the American ideal.
It’s about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness,’ Superman director James Gunn said last week,
Sean Gunn, the director’s brother who plays supervillain Maxwell Lord in the film, swiftly defended his sibling. “We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants and if you don’t like that, you’re not American,” he told Variety.
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The director of the new Superman reboot has dismissed MAGA rage over the superhero’s roots as an immigrant who represents a lost America.. The movie, which opens July 11, focuses on a younger ...
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While Fox News hosts and Dean Cain decry James Gunn's new Superman as "woke," The View's Whoopi Goldberg praised the movie's kinder, gentler take.