• NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I understand your point, you just don’t understand how character writing works. Removing the politics of a character is bad writing that panders to bad taste.

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      2 days ago

      No, you don’t understand my point, because you think I’m talking about Superman’s “politics.” I’m talking about James Gunn’s politics and him using Superman as a mouthpiece for them. Superman doesn’t have politics in the sense I’m talking about. He’s just on the side of freedom, peace, and good. Classic moral tropes that virtually everyone supports, because without context, they’re just ideals. When you contextualize them with modern, real-world events though, they become political messaging, and that’s what I don’t like in a superhero movie.