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Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’ (variety.com)

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 25 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's literally his backstory. He's a refugee from another planet that's like the whole point.

Imagine being this goddamn stupid.

[–] CerealKiller01@lemmy.world 0 points 42 minutes ago

Well, Ackchyually...

The "Superman isn't an immigrant" is a bad faith argument... but I think it's technically correct.

Being an immigrant implies intent of moving from one country to another, which Superman didn't have. Especially since he came to earth as a baby and has no ties to krypton. I wouldn't call someone who was born in another country and was adopted as a baby into another country and immigrant.

Superman does explore themes of immigration from its conception. Though it's worth noting that if viewed from this perspective, it's a very old fashion American model of immigration, that might be viewed negatively today - he adopts his American upbringing in every meaningful way, especially his values, while his own culture is abandoned (nearly?) completely.

Supergirl, on the other hand, is an immigrant.