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Borowitz brilliantly parodies Freudian psychology in the scene in which Sedgwick tries to brainwash Superman. Sedgwick accuses Superman of being "rejected as a child" and of craving "the adulation of millions." "Who told you we needed a Superman?" he barks at the cowed and cringing extra-terrestrial. He convinces Superman that normal people drive cars, rather than...
...Superman pulls out of his funk at the end of the show of course; his overwhelming desire to do good triumphs in the face of Freudian psychoanalysis. During a song called "Pow! Bam! Zonk!" Superman trounces his foes, returns as Metropolis's hero, and wins the love of Lois Lane--who has been drooling after him throughout the entire show...
...only thing disappointing in all this is the portrayal of Superman himself. Randy Stone stands out as the least successful figure in the show. His ingenuous good looks fit him perfectly to the role physically; however, as an actor he makes little differentiation between his treatment of characters Clark Kent and Superman. He plays both roles with a basically boring country-bumpkin naivete...
Laura Hastings' '80 Lois Lane, on the other hand, sparkles with freshness and originality. She has added comic dimensions to the character which never existed in either the "Superman" television series or in the comic books. Lois is at once the ardent feminist--"I'm not a girl," she declares, "I'm Today's Active Woman"--as well as the lovesick, horny girl who purrs the song "Oh, How I Wish I Weren't In Love With Superman...
Unfortunately, the really trenchant farcical moments in Superman like the above are not too frequent. However, due to good staging, some excellent individual performances, and the novel idea of applying pop art to the theater, Superman very definitely gets "up, up and away...