A number of years ago, at the community college where I teach, two of my colleagues—one in English and one in Sociology—did a great presentation about the character of Lois Lane and how her portrayal in different Superman incarnations (comic, movie, TV shows) has been shaped by the time periods in which she and they were created—shifting from independent woman to more helpless damsel in distress and back again. Similarly, a friend of mine from grad school, is currently focusing a lot of her academic […]
Lois Lane, never change.
So on the Batman/Superman divide, spectrum whatever you want to call it, I’m on the side of the Man in Blue. Have been since the fifth grade when Lois & Clark was my favorite TV show and my mom let me put Superman’s shield on my retainer. Also, the dark and broody thing has never really done it for me. I’m pretty much in agreement with John Green on this matter (“Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats who is playing […]