Who fights for truth, justice and (sometimes) the American way? - 03/10/12 06:19 AM
Hi all,
The boards seem pretty slow these days, so I'll use this time to bring up something I had been meaning to post for a while now.
Until I saw the old Superman TV shows and listened to the old Superman radio programs, I had always thought that truth, justice, and (sometimes) the American way was what Superman was all about -- that it was what he fought for, and that the shows' characters would have said that Superman was the champion of those things. I had only been partially right. I only found out this past year that according to the intro to the old TV and radio shows, he does those thing via his Clark Kent persona. The relevant part of the introduction says, "Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights for truth, justice, and the American way." (Bolding added for emphasis.)
I just found this surprising. It ranked right up there with learning that canon Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson," and that Casablanca did not include the line, "Play it again, Sam."
Joy,
Lynn
The boards seem pretty slow these days, so I'll use this time to bring up something I had been meaning to post for a while now.
Until I saw the old Superman TV shows and listened to the old Superman radio programs, I had always thought that truth, justice, and (sometimes) the American way was what Superman was all about -- that it was what he fought for, and that the shows' characters would have said that Superman was the champion of those things. I had only been partially right. I only found out this past year that according to the intro to the old TV and radio shows, he does those thing via his Clark Kent persona. The relevant part of the introduction says, "Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights for truth, justice, and the American way." (Bolding added for emphasis.)
I just found this surprising. It ranked right up there with learning that canon Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson," and that Casablanca did not include the line, "Play it again, Sam."
Joy,
Lynn