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The debate has raged for decades: is he Jewish, Methodist, Kryptonian Raoist? But finally, it's been settled: Superman is definitely... a non-Aryan Protestant. The complex origins of many a comic book character are deconstructed at the engaging and erudite exhibit, "From Superman to the Rabbi's Cat" - through...
Years later, some comic superheroes would actually be identified as Jews, like Auschwitz survivor Magneto and - the Golem myth incarnate - Ben Grimm (The Thing) of the Fantastic Four. But despite the rumors, the Man of Steel is no Supermensch, says Pasamonik. "Superman is not Jewish," he says. "When Superman gets...
There's something very Tom Cruiseian about this character: "Let's do something!" Yet this is a talk movie, not an action movie. It's a daring start for a new company in Hollywood, where a film's success is determined by how many people pay to see it.
It's part of the storyteller's art to reveal a single defining moment in a character's life, the inflection point at which the reader gains some insight into what makes the person tick. Huck escapes from his father and sets off down the river. Lear banishes Cordelia. Bogart...
Prepare to be admitted—not into a theater, but into a mental ward. At tonight’s performance of “The Art Room,” ushers dressed as orderlies will attend the audience, handing out medication in the form of breath mints. Despite its...