Posted on 08/01/2006 7:21:49 AM PDT by Mike Bates
Herbert London, president of the Hudson Institute, say the new "Superman Returns" movie is politically correct in that the man of steel has come back not to protect the American way of life but to save the world. Superman, London says in a Washington Examiner column, "has been converted into a transnationalist. I suspect that in a sequel, Superman will be employed by the United Nations."
One might say, if that was the case, the world body might actually get something constructive done, rather than sexually abuse kids and spread AIDS through its "peacekeepers."
London goes on to say, "Superman is a symbol of extraordinary actions, actions-I should note-that only the United States can perform. If the day comes when American military forces are obliged to wear a U.N. insignia, the United States' stature on the world stage will be in decline."
Well, I've got news for him: that day has come. It occurred under the Clinton Administration when Army Specialist Michael New was ordered to wear a U.N. uniform, including a U.N. insignia. New was given a bad-conduct discharge for refusing to carry out this illegal and unconstitutional order. The additional tragedy is that the Bush Administration has continued the Clinton policy of putting our troops under U.N. command and in U.N. uniforms, despite the campaign pledge of George W. Bush not to do so.
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Been there done that, Superman IV. It flopped.
Nothing to do with PC, more to do with economics. The producers want this film to do well in box offices around the world, not just the US.
Superman banging on about protecting the 'American Way' may sound good to an american audience, but not so much for a ones outside the US....
Superman Returns....and as usual is a political correct wuss.
In that case this "movie" should be shown only to overseas audiences. Americans are getting sick and tired of Follywood catering to the foreign audiences.
Their mantra: Bad America, Bad Businessmen, Bad Ecopolicy.
That would be nice, but unfortunately you give them to much credit. The producers were just following the lead of the director and writers for the movie. What you describe WOULD have been PC, although PC for the sake of economics. But the decision was actually based not on PC but rather on a simple antipathy for the United States as it currecntly exists.
The director, Bryan Singer, specifically stated that Superman stood for the world rather than "the American Way" on the Michael Medved show and the movie's writers both said that America had fallen so far that it no longer represented the ideal it did during WWII.
Dan Harris, one of the screenplay writers, explains that the phrase "the American way" has not only lost its way from the "super" script, but has lost its meaning altogether. Harris opines:
"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."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/film_reporter_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002764635
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