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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Page #6
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that the guy who saves everybody. . .
. . .can't enjoy his Life.
But no matter what conflicts
he faced...
...Superman reflected the same
unwavering optimism of his readers.
And as the 1960s dawned
Superman seemed completely in-tune...
... with a hopeful new decade...
...symbolized by the election
of a vigorous...
... young president who promised a future
of space exploration and social justice.
We choose to go to the moon.
One Superman comic written in 1963,
even suggested a friendship,,,
...between the American president
and the Kryptonian crime-fighter.
The comic was set to go to press
that November...
...just as shots
rang out in Dallas, Texas.
Shooting in the motorcade--
At the age of 46,
John F. Kennedy was dead.
And his assassination shattered
the dreams of a new frontier.
Another generation grew disillusioned.
Institutions, traditions, convictions
all became candidates for radical change.
And change they did.
A decade that began
with great optimism...
... was marked by race riots,
political protest...
...and militant activism
against the Vietnam War.
paper heroes like Superman
now seemed irrelevant, even silly.
It was a time of, you know, long-haired
hippie freaks running the streets.
And Superman was still,
like the agent of the status quo.
This is a job for Superman.
Up, up and away!
He made me see stars that time.
In 1966, DC's number-two hero,
Batman, came to television...
...as a straight-faced parody
of comic-book heroes.
It was part of a resurgence,
if you will, in pop art.
And we were adding our slice
of the cultural pie.
We had the comic balloons
and the sounds like ''zap'' . . .
. . . ''barroom,'' ''crunch,'' and so on.
-Ringside table, Batman?
-Just looking, thanks.
I'll stand at the bar.
I should wish to attract attention.
The same year that Bat mania gripped the
country, Superman landed on Broadway...
...in a musical comedy.
It's a Bird. . .It's a plane. . .It's Superman
boasted a talented cast...
...direction by the legendary
Hal Prince...
...and songs by the team
who'd earlier written "Bye Bye Birdie."
But the tongue-in-cape spoof
closed after 128 performances.
Although it did resurface
as a 1975 television special...
...starring David Wilson
and Lesley Ann Warren.
-Not so fast.
-Oh, Superman, you're wonderful.
I just got a call from ABC (network) that said:
''could you give us a musical
for the late night?''
That was 1:
30 at night.The whole thing was shot in four days
with a couple of cameras.
Hi there, America,
and friendly nations everywhere.
Glad we could get together.
Come on, paw!
Let's go, bam!
I need a little exercise
Take that, paw!
And that, oink!
Let's see what you can do
The man that played Superman
is David Wilson.
He was wonderful to work with and
we had a Little crush on each other. . .
. . .which was perfect.
It worked out well for the piece.
-Oh, Superman, you're terrific.
-Yeah, I know.
He wasn't a dancer and that was,
you know, that drove him crazy.
You know, putting on those tights
I mean, he was like, not thrived
about that, but he was a great sport.
Good night, sweet dreams
So sorry to mess up your plans
But now you know
Splat, paw!
Don't fool around
Wham, sow, with Superman
I really don't think it did well.
The reviews in the paper were kind
of okay, but I would have no idea. . .
. . .how it did number-wise,
or who came in, who turned in.
I don't think a heir of a Iota of people.
By the 197 0"s the future looked bleak
for the Man of Steel...
...and it seemed the world's
most powerful superhero...
... was, at best, a fond memory...
...or a figure of fun.
Everyone knows that you can leap
tall buildings in a single bound.
Certainly we all have heard that you
are more powerful than a locomotive.
-I love a good race with a chow-chow.
-I'm sure.
-Faster than a speeding bullet?
-Are you kidding? I'm ten times faster. . .
than a speeding bullet
-I have a pistol here, Superman.
-Bullet race, huh?
-And I would like to test it out if I can.
Okay, any time you're ready.
Superman?
As comic-book sales plummeted,
DC eagerly brought in a new editor...
...Julius Schwartz.
Schwartz encouraged
a new generation of writers...
...raised on Superman to update...
...and reexamine the character,
with intriguing, if mixed results.
Julius Schwartz
He felt kids didn't pay attention
to newspapers anymore.
a television reporter, and it didn't stick.
perhaps it's because
it makes Clark more glamorous. . .
. . .than he ought to be, somehow.
Under Schwartz? direction,
Superman became more introspective.
And Lois Lane received
a feminist makeover.
We almost went too far
the other way. . .
. . .in that she just became a really bitchy,
cynical female character. . .
. . .that I don't think Superman
would fail in love with.
As the Vietnam War escalated,
and political scandals,,,
...and presidential resignations
brought a nation to its knees...
well, I am not a crook.
...Broadway musicals like Jesus Christ
Superstar and Godspeed. . .
...reflected a rekindled interest
in spirituality.
Superman was now seen
in pop culture and in the comics...
...not just as a superhero,
but as a secular messiah.
There's definitely an allegory,
a Judeo-Christian allegory. . .
. . .that's happening
in the mythology of Superman. . .
. . .right up to the fact
that he descends from the heavens.
They took an Old Testament story,
which is Moses. . .
. . .whose mother and father were about
to be killed by the Egyptians. . .
...in this case it was Krypton.
And just like Moses
went down the Nile. . .
. . .and he landed on Earth
as an immigrant. . .
. . .and was adopted.
I don't think Superman
becomes a substitute for religion.
I think he becomes a substitute
for mythology.
Superman is the mythology of a hero.
This is what a hero can do.
This is perhaps what you can do
if you choose to be a hero.
There is morality in that,
that's very important.
Unfortunately, making Superman
comics more socially relevant...
,,,didn't make them more popular.
And even the success of Saturday morning
incarnations like the Super Friends. . .
...could't dispel the notion that
Superman's best years might be behind him.
I can't break the grip.
I'm powerless.
help!
help me, someone.
help! please, help.
I can't hold up much Longer.
,,, they always come back fighting.
And thanks to a combination
of talent and good timing,,,
... the Man of Steel was about to
experience a remarkable resurrection.
Superman was losing popularity
in his native country.
But ironically, he was about to be revived
by a Russian-Mexican movie producer...
,,,living in Paris.
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