Superman's An Immigrant? Director James Gunn Faces Right-Wing Backlash For Claim [View all]

Gunn, writer-director of “Superman” and co-CEO of DC Studios, told The Sunday Times over the weekend the superhero movie is “the story of America,” stating it is about “an immigrant that came from other places” and how “basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”

Gunn’s comments were swiftly criticized by right-wing commentators, including Kellyanne Conway, who said in a Fox News segment Monday people “don’t go to the movie theater to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology onto us.”

Fox News host Jesse Watters joked Superman’s cape reads “MS-13,” the name of an international gang designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization, and he questioned whether Superman is “from Uganda” and whether there’s a “love scene with Batman and Robin.”

During the Fox News segment, a chyron on the screen read: “Superwoke.”

Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, Tim Pool and widely followed right-wing X accounts like End Wokeness, piled onto the criticism in social media posts and YouTube videos, making “Superman” the latest movie deemed “woke” to be targeted by conservative critics.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/07/08/supermans-an-immigrant-director-james-gunn-faces-right-wing-backlash-for-claim/


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What a bunch of whiny snowflakes!

Yeah, Superman is an illegal immigrant. That's pivotal to his entire story!!!!