Americans are happy to have an optimistic Superman back in the cinema.
James Gunn’s new Superman is kinda corny, but that’s what it does right according to NPR
The movie’s star has called it colorful, bright, even optimistic, after the dark pessimism of the Snyder years
Fans are overjoyed that Superman is back to his heroic and wholesome self
A new happy shiny Superman has helped DC score a moderate hit at the domestic box office
Internationally Superman hasn’t done so well, which director James Gunn blames on some “anti-American sentiment”
Because Superman is the All American hero
And you can make the myth shiny and wholesome again
But American reality seems darker than ever
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Damien Walter 