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Just saw Superman, amazing movie!! Amazingly written and well directed, James Gunn knows how to do it.

And all those claims that it’s “woke”, total bullshit. Right-wing media commentators recognise the parallel between Trump and Luthor, and to admit Luthor is the villain would require them to recognise the same traits in Trump (which they refuse to do). They are glaringly delusional.

The story of Superman in this film touches on a topic that is super important today: what does it mean to be human? Nowadays, people are constantly dehumanised to fulfil some kind of social, economic, or political agenda. It brings about prejudice, discrimination, displacement, assault, and death.

Luthor has an agenda. He kidnaps and kills in the name of his goal, and he knows Superman stands against that. So what does Luthor do? He dehumanises Superman. He points out that he's an alien; that he is not human; that his power is dangerously unregulated; that he is here to destroy the world.