Superman has had a connection to immigrants from the beginning. The superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were both the children of Jewish immigrants to the United States, from Lithuania and Ukraine, respectively, according to an article published by the Library of Congress.

If you've been hanging around social media for long enough this summer, you've probably heard that the new "Superman" movie is supposed to be insufferably woke. While nowadays you have to be on the lookout for virtually every superhero movie pushing some sort of agenda,

The White House has shared a bizarre image of Donald Trump as Clark Kent, amid the continued backlash against the new Superman movie spearheaded by MAGA supporters .

Superman currently sits at 82 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and has a 68 on Metacritic (“Generally Favorable, Based on 54 Critic Reviews”). These are respectable scores, but by no means extraordinary; the Rotten Tomatoes score has ticked down as the embargo has lifted and more non-influencer critics have had a chance to see it.

Superman has always been an immigrant, but in today's world, saying that, as James Gunn did, is a political statement.

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GQ Senior Editor Frazier Tharpe described the movie as “one of the most distinct superhero films in a long time” in his cover story on Superman star David Corenswet. Tharpe highlighted how the film stood out in the superhero genre by striking an honest tone unique to the Superman ethos.