Ernst
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Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship as Warners, DC Comics Bids for Global Audience.
When SuperMan bails we should all take note.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/superman-renounces-us-citizenship-as-183347
When SuperMan bails we should all take note.
For the complete story see link below.The Internet is abuzz over this week's 900th issue of Action Comics, in which Superman says, "I am renouncing my US citizenship." After officials criticize him for joining a million protesters in a peaceful anti-Ahmadinejad vigil in Iran, he reflects, "I'm tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy. 'Truth, Justice and the American Way' -- it's not enough anymore. The world's too small. Too connected."
"This is absolutely sickening," commented one reader on Foxnews.com. "We are now down to destroying all American Icons. How are we going to survive as a Nation?" Swamp Fox Press blogged, "Bleep Superman. I urge a boycott of Warner Brothers, all DC franchises, and particularly Superman." The conservative Weekly Standard called Superman's citizenship renunciation "about the dumbest thing DC Comics could do."
Not necessarily. It's part of a thoughtful plan to rebrand Superman in an entertainment universe that is indeed smaller than it was 899 issues ago. When Superman Returns changed his famous slogan to "Truth, justice, and all that other stuff" in 2006, coscreenwriter Dan Harris told THR, "He's an international superhero." It's even more important to be international these days, when the market is so global that some tentpole movies (most recently Thor) open abroad before they do in the US. GI Joe went from a "Real American Hero" to an acronym for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/superman-renounces-us-citizenship-as-183347
