Word: superheroism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...White House officials believe Alito's understatement will play well in such a heated atmosphere. Asked how the Administration plans to handle the theatrics of the hearings, a White House official replied tartly, "Maybe we'll put a cape on him." That might be appropriate dress, because like a superhero, Alito almost seems to have two separate identities. To pass his next job interview, he will have to convince enough Senators that at least one of those two Alitos belongs on the Supreme Court...
...were whisked by a private Angel Flight plane to join them in San Antonio, where De'Monte and his family now live. "I was shocked, surprised and proud of my baby when I heard what he did," Williams, 27, says of De'Monte. "I tell him he's a superhero." And a humble one at that. "It feels good that people call me a hero," says De'Monte. "But I don't know why they do." He's attending elementary school in San Antonio, where he says he likes art, science and basketball. Perhaps someday, if we're lucky...
...Anyone who thought they outgrew superheroes, or never thought they would like them, should give Concrete a try. Though he looks like a rock pile and has super-strength, he's actually a nervous, left-leaning smarty who copes with issues like population control rather than absurd super-villains. While staying true to the requirements of the genre by creating dynamic action scenes and melodramatic storylines, like having Concrete, who is ostensibly male, get pregnant, Chadwick keeps Concrete grounded to the real world. Released this year as a six part series, watch for "The Human Dilemma" collection in 2006, along...
...this idea of a “human core” that first drew Theron to the complex character of Aeon Flux, whom Theron says she deems a “very different kind of a female superhero.” While the character is a crime-fighter attempting to restore order and combat injustice in the future, Theron notes that she “sometimes did not think of this as a futuristic film at all,” and that the character “was very real” to her. Flux is “constantly?...
...Reagan’s illegitimate son—“a black street person,” says Young, “haunted by dreams of the father who never accepted him”—to battle Reagan’s forces. He takes up the superhero moniker Blackman, joins up with a counterpart named Rushon (a campy reference to Batman and Robin) and George W. Bush as The French Tickler, and the trio ultimately puts Reagan back to rest. “I wanted to see what would happen if I introduced two poor black street...