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...devil. Gardner's helpless narrator is the hilarious antithesis to the traditional omniscient, omnipotent story-teller. At one point he is actually transformed into flesh and almost killed in a Corinthian slave uprising. While this clown stumbles about Corinth like Jimmy Olson, cub reporter for the Daily Planet, Superman Gardner delves into more universal themes, mustering all of his authorial prowess to drastically alter the mythic conception of Jason and Medeia...
...thoughts of Jack London as an allegory of the potential tragedy hidden in the dream. As a writer, London rises out of the working class to national fame and wealth. As he becomes rich and famous London indulges a variety of self-destructive dreams; he thinks himself a Nietzschean superman; he builds himself a great mansion which burns to the ground; he kids himself that his habitual drinking is not alcoholism; he refuses to believe that his aging body is no longer strong and healthy. Finally, alone and despairing, he kills himself. In London's suicide Starr perceives the possible...
...BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN. Faster than a speeding musical, he fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the Vietnamese war. Tomorrow and Saturday at Quincy House...
...performers are less than captivating. These exceptions save the evening, and prove that the entire project is not as overambitious as it appears. Max Mencken, the Planet's gossip columnist, and his secretary Sydney are a corrupt, tawdry couple who are infinitely more attractive than the wooden romancers Superman and Lois Lane. Sydney, played by Jackie Shapiro, seduces Clark Kent like a pro when she sings "You've Got Possibilities" and her mincing walk gives her a convincing and memorable style. Ross Halper's Max is even better: his "Women for the Man" is the finest number for the show...
...Superman is certainly esoteric enough, for it is rarely revived at all. But you can't even parody a slick Broadway production unless you have its polish. Affable, down-home amateurism can't make Superman take...