Posted on 04/29/2017 4:49:06 PM PDT by Bratch
Even among Superman fans, it’s a little known fact that the expression about the Man of Steel’s “never-ending battle for truth and justice” originated in The Adventures of Superman radio program, which also established Clark Kent’s alter ego as a “champion of equal rights, valiant, [and a] courageous fighter against the forces of hate and prejudice.” Superman lived up to that description on the show, and so did the people behind-the-scenes. Now, their story will be told on the big screen in an adaptation of Rick Bowers’ novel, Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate.
According to Deadline, executive producer Marco Vicini and screenwriter Katherine Lindberg are bringing Superman vs. the KKK to the big screen in association with Lotus Entertainment and Paperchase Films. Bowers’ book and its adaptation will center on the 1946 Superman radio serial that featured the Last Son of Krypton’s confrontation with an analog of the Klan itself–called first The Hate Mongers Organization, and later the Clan of the Fiery Cross–at a time when the KKK was still at the height of its power.
The book tells both the history of the Klan and the story of Superman’s creation before getting into the serials themselves, but rather than focusing on Superman’s fictionalized version of the Klan, the story of the movie will follow a former Klan member who teams up with the producers of the Superman radio show and the Anti-Defamation League, while going back into the KKK as an undercover operative. It’s not clear if Warner Bros. will lend out the iconic Superman imagery for this film, but it’s not really necessary for a story like this. Superman’s heroics inspired the public, but the real heroes were the ones who dared to take on the KKK.
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I won't be holding my breath.
So, part fiction, part biography.
The Democrats are gonna be pissed if they are exposed...
I know that was sarcasm, since there’s no chance.
What are there, like 6 KKK members left?
Any under 60?
Superman Versus the terrorist wing of the democrat party?
I can’t wait to watch Harry Plinkett’s review of this.
Tackling the important issues of the day.
And staying away from muslims.
Because.
I never knew Superman was an anti-Democrat partisan.
The Bloods, the Crips, and the rest of the black criminal gangs kill more black men every year than the KKK did during their entire existence.
Oh, please. They’re going to be portrayed as Southern white men, nothing more.
If there really are six, most likely four of them are FBI informants.
How about
Superman Vs. MS13
or
Superman Vs. The Crips
or
Superman Vs. The Bloods
or
Superman Vs. Antifa
Four of them are undercover federal agents.
Seriously, other than a handful of toothless rednecks flying Confederate flags on their trailer parks, there is no KKK.
There are no secret KKK members in Congress, in governors mansions, on the police forces, in the military.
There is no KKK.
The problem for the Left is that the Klan were such perfect villains, they don't want to ever give them up! So it will always be Mississippi in 1965 and the KKK will be millions strong, entrenched at every level of power, burning crosses and terrorizing black families during midnight rides every night of the week.
And Superman is coming to get them.
Superman vs. Democrats
Well, he was for "truth, justice, and the American way."
Go, Superman!
You mean the KKK who were Democrats from the beginning until now?
There was a movie with liam Neeson, takes place on a plane.
The BAD guys were the son of a 9/11 victim, a right wing ex army nut.
The GOOD guy was a muslim doctor.
And it was a SMASH HIT.
Let them make their movies in their make believe world.
They are starting to remind me of the woman in Sunset Blvd
I can hardly wait for the Superman vs. Black Panthers sequel.
Now that you mention it, that does position him opposite the Democratic Ku Klux Klan.
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