Remembering the original Superman | Arts and Culture

Even before the latest Superman film premiered, it was already deemed controversial. A rather innocuous comment by director James Gunn referencing Superman’s backstory as an “immigrant that came from other places” was enough to spark a backlash among conservatives who called the movie “woke” and vowed to boycott it.

Why all the anger when this is indeed Superman’s origin story? He is sent to Earth as a refugee from a planet that is about to die.

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who…