Yeah...like acknowledging the reality of the millions of single/unwed mothers in our society today.
There's a world of difference between acknowledging something and glorifying it, between admitting to the fact of its existence and presenting it as desirable, a proper role model or as something to be emulated.
The creators of Superman intended and conceived of the character as a role model, a champion of the morals and values to which we should aspire, a fighter for good over evil, and an icon to inspire us towards those same goals.
They did not intend for it to be a celebration, nor even a mere documentary or chronicle of the "gritty", "seamy" or even just plain "real" aspects of society. The purpose of the Superman mythos was not "to deal with realities we'd rather ignore!", it was to inspire us to strive towards those noble goals of which we dream. If you want gritty portrayals of reality, rent the Frank Miller Sin City DVD.
It appears from the reviews I have read that the movie's creators may have even achieved some of those inspirational goals. I will know better after I've seen it. However, their deliberate choice to portray the Lois Lane character as an unwed mother undermines that purpose and is a serious flaw in the movie.
It is an undeniable reality that there are millions of unwed/single mothers in our society today, but it is also an undeniable reality that this is not a good thing. The movie creators' choice to portray the Lois Lane character as an intelligent, capable, Pulitzer Prize winning professional journalist, a role model for little girls everywhere, who also CHOOSES to be an unwed mother, sends a clear message that this is a perfectly acceptable or desirable choice for SMART women today.
They didn't have to do it this way, but they were determined to plug an agenda whether you can acknowledge that reality or not.
She is not an unwed mother. Read my posts. In Superman 2 she marries Clark when he is human and has sex with him. Her memory of the events are wiped at the end of the movie.
Does she abort the child when she finds herself pregnant? Thats what liberals do. Nope she gets a man and gets engaged. That is the right course of action and the moral thing to do. She doesn't marry the man that is raising her child and maybe thats because deep inside she knows she is still married to someone else.
When Lois makes a speech about the wonders of unwed motherhood in the movie, I'll believe that they are glorifying it, otherwise they're just dealing with a changed world.
"The creators of Superman intended and conceived..."
Superman has been evolving since the day the character was created, and most people get stuck in the Superman that was around whenever they were growing up. My father's Superman was a rather one dimensional individual, black and white not only on the screen, but in its absolute lack of depth of character.
My father's Superman would have never exhibited the doubts we saw in Christopher Reeve's Superman...Superman never exhibited doubts about anything then. Then there was the barely-under-the-surface sexuality between the Dean Cain/Terri Hatcher relationship in TV's "Lois and Clark"...there was NOTHING of the sort going on between the George Reeves and Phyllis Coates characters. Or Tom Welling's angst-ridden small town, confused Clark Kent...no glasses or Superman suit.
This is not your Superman, it isn't even mine, it's a new generation's Superman...you don't have to like it.
Superman will continue to evolve, as will the characters in the story.
It happens...Christian Bale neither looked or acted like Adam West.
Thank God for that!
Murphy Brown lives.