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James Gunn shrugs off 'jerks' offended by “Superman”'s 'immigrant' story: 'Screw them
Yahoo Entertainment ^ | Mon, July 7, 2025 | Mekishana Pierre

Posted on 07/07/2025 7:56:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

James Gunn has no time for moviegoers would take offense to him embracing the political themes in Superman's story for his upcoming film heading to theaters next week.

The David Corenswet-led flick encompasses the DC comic's origins — akin to "the story of America" — and at a basic level, is about a man searching for a better life after leaving his original home (planet), the 58-year-old director and co-head of DC Studios said in a new interview with The Times.

"I mean, Superman is the story of America," Gunn told the publication. "An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost."

It isn't as if the idea of Clark Kent/Superman being political is a novel concept; the superhero was created by sons of Jewish immigrants, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. And any comic book reader worth their salt can understand that the Krypton-born alien's origins mean he's a refugee sent to Earth by parents wanting him to live a better life than he would have on an imploding planet.

And if they see reason to protest that fact, they can take it up with DC Comics, which used the hero's visage to back World Refugee Day in 2018.

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1 posted on 07/07/2025 7:56:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’ve never known a Superman movie to lose money before.


2 posted on 07/07/2025 7:56:56 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He was so fat that it took a year for his memory foam mattress to forget him. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

James Gunn is a knucklehead.


3 posted on 07/07/2025 7:58:36 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No, Jimmy m’boy.

Screw YOU.

Screw you very much!


4 posted on 07/07/2025 7:59:20 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The early reviews say it sucks


5 posted on 07/07/2025 8:01:18 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: MinorityRepublican

James didn’t learn anything from what happened to Rachel Zegler.


6 posted on 07/07/2025 8:01:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I saw the trailer and I don’t see how people can watch this silly stuff, and it includes a nasty attitude and politics.


7 posted on 07/07/2025 8:02:26 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: MinorityRepublican

“wanting him to live a better life than he would have on an imploding planet.”
Krypton exploded, and yes, traveling through space in a bassinet would be a drag.
This guy is a scheisskopf.


8 posted on 07/07/2025 8:02:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
James didn’t learn anything from what happened to Rachel Zegler.

More or less what I was going to say.

"I don't need your business."

Ok. Woke Cinderella is the bomb of the decade.

9 posted on 07/07/2025 8:03:56 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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10 posted on 07/07/2025 8:03:56 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: MinorityRepublican

Screw me? SCREW YOU!


11 posted on 07/07/2025 8:06:29 PM PDT by null and void (Democrats: fake news, fake presidents, fake beliefs, fake policies, fake protesters & fake voters!)
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To: Paladin2

What a jerk. Great movie, antagonize half of the country the day before the film drops.


12 posted on 07/07/2025 8:08:24 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: tumblindice

“wanting him to live a better life than he would have on an imploding planet.”
Krypton exploded

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In this movie the story is climate change made Krypton uninhabitable and people had to flee the planet

(Just kidding but I’m sure that’s coming next)


13 posted on 07/07/2025 8:08:31 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: janetjanet998

And by the end of the movie, he has successfully transitioned into Superwoman, alter ego Clarabelle Kent.


14 posted on 07/07/2025 8:13:03 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This dummy has just told the thinking population to avoid seeing the movie. Stupid is as stupid does. ;-)


15 posted on 07/07/2025 8:16:46 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I might watch it when it’s on TNT this September..


16 posted on 07/07/2025 8:17:12 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, technically he is correct. Kal el was an illegal immigrant


17 posted on 07/07/2025 8:17:26 PM PDT by Cronos (on the tradition of St. Augustine (5th century), Catholics combine the prohibition against "no other)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Superman should have gotten consultation from Snow White. Now he’ll suffer the same fate.


18 posted on 07/07/2025 8:17:40 PM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington0 DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Cronos

Would krypton welcome humans with open arms free stuff and no willingness to integrate?

Asking for a friend.

Because these sh!thole countries they come from would just add soon shoot us if we tried that crap on them.


19 posted on 07/07/2025 8:20:11 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nice way to talk to the people you expect to pay money to see your movies. The hubris and self-righteousness of these leftists in Hollywood is something to behold.


20 posted on 07/07/2025 8:22:05 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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