Yes, the New Superman Is a Pro-Immigration and Anti-Trump Blockbuster

Early on in James Gunn’s Superman, the eagerly anticipated movie rebooting the DC superhero, the title character (played by David Corenswet) sits down for an interview with Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan). Now the journalistic ethics of this interview are a little squishy. After all, at this point we already know that Lois is aware that this man is also her Daily Planet colleague Clark Kent and that they’re dating. But Lois does actually drill him as much as possible.

Superman inserted himself into a conflict in the fictional country of Boravia, a US ally, stopping its military from invading a poorer neighbor called Jarhanpur. “People on social media are suspicious because you are an alien,” Lois says to Superman, who becomes visibly frustrated, explaining how his parents sent him to Earth to save his life.