Will Superman live on ?

Erik Buckman declares “Superman is dead, and we killed him,” in a spirited and slightly cynical article on the website thewrap.com about whether Superman can survive in the changed US political climate.

“Audiences no longer crave truth, justice and the American way,” he says. “They want an icy-cold, psychologically jacked hero that shoots heroin in the women's restroom. (...)  Superman, the embodiment of all that is good and right, is now merely looked upon with nostalgia -- not as a viable Hollywood product.

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31/05/09