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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI A M six forty Kelly, Mark talks about pontificates

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<v Speaker 1>about pop culture.

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<v Speaker 2>Ron and Report with Mark Ronner.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Later with Mo Kelly. I'm k F I A

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<v Speaker 3>M six forty live everywhere on the iHeart App. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Mark Ronner. This is the Runner Report and this portion

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<v Speaker 3>of the show is live because Superman's brand new in theaters.

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<v Speaker 3>I was on board with this Superman movie from the

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<v Speaker 3>first trailer that showed him after he'd just got his

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<v Speaker 3>ass kicked and called Crypto the super Dog for help,

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<v Speaker 3>and it doesn't disappoint. Here is some of the trailer

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<v Speaker 3>featuring Lois and Clark.

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<v Speaker 4>Talking, are you being serious right now? Yeah? You've let

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<v Speaker 4>me interview you as Superman? Sure, ready, let's do it. Cronkite, Superman,

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<v Speaker 4>Miss Lane. Recently you've come under a lot of fire

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<v Speaker 4>for some it's a lot. Today.

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<v Speaker 1>The Secretary of Defense said he was going to look

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<v Speaker 1>into your actions.

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<v Speaker 4>That's funny. My actions.

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<v Speaker 3>I stopped a war.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe not, maybe I did.

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<v Speaker 4>In effect, you illegally entered a country.

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<v Speaker 1>This is how you're going to be I'm not the one.

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<v Speaker 4>Being interviewed Superman.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you consult with the president?

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<v Speaker 4>Now you seemingly acting as a representative.

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<v Speaker 1>And doing good. I would question.

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<v Speaker 4>Myself in the same situation and sider the consequence.

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<v Speaker 1>People we're going to die.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, that's all you get. I don't want to spoil anything.

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<v Speaker 3>This Superman reminded me of the more whimsical era of

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<v Speaker 3>Superman comics. However much I liked Henry Cavell, the movies

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<v Speaker 3>they stuck him in were weirdly dark and just not

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<v Speaker 3>suited to the character. This one's lighter, but still has

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<v Speaker 3>plenty of action. It's from James Gunn, who gave us

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<v Speaker 3>the Three Guardians of the Galaxy movies from Marvel Peacemaker

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<v Speaker 3>Suicide Squad, and he's now the boss of the DC universe.

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<v Speaker 3>He seems to get this stuff. This isn't the story

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<v Speaker 3>I would have written. It doesn't have the characters I

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<v Speaker 3>would have used. It's not even I'm not even sure.

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<v Speaker 3>I liked every bit of the casting, particularly Ma and

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<v Speaker 3>Pa Kent. But it's well done. It's lots of fun,

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<v Speaker 3>It hits some strong emotional notes, and David corn Sweat,

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<v Speaker 3>who's only thirty two, is terrific in it. I hope

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<v Speaker 3>he's Superman and a bunch more movies and doesn't get

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<v Speaker 3>short changed like Cavill did. Rachel Brosnahan from The Marvelous

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<v Speaker 3>Missus masl Is Lois Lane spunky and cynical. This is

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<v Speaker 3>not her movie. Nicholas Holt is Lex Luthor. Nathan Fillion

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<v Speaker 3>is a green lantern. Not the green lantern the Hal

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<v Speaker 3>Jordan that we grew up with, but Guy Gardner, the

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<v Speaker 3>ahole green lantern with the bowl cut. Kind of an

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<v Speaker 3>inspired choice. Gun throws us some curves with this movie.

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<v Speaker 3>We also get a hawk girl or a hawkwoman or

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<v Speaker 3>a hawk lady who shrieks like a hawk whenever she's

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<v Speaker 3>in battle, which is hilarious yet also kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 3>There is a mister Terrific who's a super genius with

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<v Speaker 3>lots of little flying balls that do stuff. And I

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<v Speaker 3>never thought I'd see Metamorpho the element Man in a

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<v Speaker 3>movie because he's just too silly, but we get one here.

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<v Speaker 3>This movie is unashamed of being from a comic book.

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<v Speaker 3>It's got Superman, robots in the Fortress of Solitude, lots

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<v Speaker 3>of things you never thought you'd see or wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 3>seen in the nineteen seventy eight Christopher Reeves Superman movie

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<v Speaker 3>that we all love, even if they had the special

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<v Speaker 3>effects at the time to do it. Remember the tagline

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<v Speaker 3>for that one in nineteen seventy eight, it was You'll

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<v Speaker 3>Believe a Man Can Fly. That was a message for adults.

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<v Speaker 3>That was the director, Richard Donner and the studio telling

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<v Speaker 3>grown up movie goers, we know you have a problem

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<v Speaker 3>with the bill suspension of disbelief and the Superman you

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<v Speaker 3>grew up with who jumped out a phony window onto

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<v Speaker 3>a mattress. With the special effects in this movie, won't

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<v Speaker 3>be so awful that you'll walk out. You'll believe a

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<v Speaker 3>Man can fly was more like, hey, you won't see

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<v Speaker 3>the wires, okay. And by the way, the flying sequences

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<v Speaker 3>in this Superman movie are really good. They convey speed

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<v Speaker 3>and wind and urgency. They're the best of any so far.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to tell you much about the plot.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not an origin story, thank god. Superman's been around

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<v Speaker 3>for a while now. He's dating Lois, but it's a

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<v Speaker 3>little shaky, and he's getting involved in a war between

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<v Speaker 3>a couple countries on the other side of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Lex Luthor, of course, hates him and gets the world

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<v Speaker 3>to distrust him, and he puts himself in a position

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<v Speaker 3>to take advantage of that and go after Superman with

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<v Speaker 3>the help of a couple of his own super henchmen

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<v Speaker 3>and the government. The stakes get bigger with some kind

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<v Speaker 3>of dimensional rift thingy that threatens New York real estate.

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<v Speaker 3>I was a little unclear about that. This Superman's a

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<v Speaker 3>little powered down, which you might have gotten from what

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<v Speaker 3>I open with about him getting his ass kicked. This

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<v Speaker 3>is not a Superman I think could be ab to

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<v Speaker 3>turn back time or push the earth. That makes for

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<v Speaker 3>better storytelling him not being quite so godlike. The movie

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<v Speaker 3>makes ample use of the John Williams score from the

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy eight movie, which is one of the most

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<v Speaker 3>beautiful scores of any film ever. Man that I listened

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<v Speaker 3>to that a lot when I was a kid. Some

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<v Speaker 3>media heels and I don't want to spend too much

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<v Speaker 3>time on this, have been trashing this new Superman for

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<v Speaker 3>being woke, which is almost too imbecilic to bother responding to.

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<v Speaker 3>For one thing, they hadn't even seen it, to my knowledge,

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<v Speaker 3>and having just watched it myself, I couldn't find anything

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<v Speaker 3>to take a fence at I think some of the

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<v Speaker 3>whining was because James Gunn referred to Superman in an

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<v Speaker 3>interview as an immigrant. Well he is, He's from another

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<v Speaker 3>planet and he landed in the United States. An alien,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe even an illegal alien. If you can't cope with that,

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<v Speaker 3>go soak your head please. Not long ago, I went

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<v Speaker 3>on a binge watching the old FBI show with the

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<v Speaker 3>one with efrem Zimbalist Junior. I needed it. It nourished me.

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<v Speaker 3>You remember that show. It was about unambiguous, good guys

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<v Speaker 3>in suit with responsible haircuts, who upheld the law. They

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't be bought or intimidated, always did the right thing,

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<v Speaker 3>always put bad guys away. I think it was similar

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<v Speaker 3>to what Ted Lasso did not long before that, which

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<v Speaker 3>was to give something to people who were just starved

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<v Speaker 3>for kindness and decency and somewhat of a darkening time.

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<v Speaker 3>So I can see why some people might feign anger

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<v Speaker 3>about this Superman. You look at him and it affects

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<v Speaker 3>how you see yourself. You think Superman's a liar or

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<v Speaker 3>a cheater or a sore loser. You think Superman's greedy

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<v Speaker 3>and uses his powers for self enrichment. You think Superman

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<v Speaker 3>spends his time talking crap about immigrants or the homeless.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course not he probably help him. And this isn't new,

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<v Speaker 3>by the way. Notice I didn't mention any names when

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<v Speaker 3>I said those things, So if you think they apply

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<v Speaker 3>to you or who you follow, that's on you. Superman's

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<v Speaker 3>always been an aspirational fantasy character who exemplifies what we

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<v Speaker 3>always used to be able to agree was the good

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<v Speaker 3>in us, and he fought what we always used to

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<v Speaker 3>agree was the bad. The kind of stuff I just mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>as well as cruelty, bullies, tyrants. We don't seem able

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<v Speaker 3>to agree on all that stuff anymore, but Superman hasn't changed,

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<v Speaker 3>no matter what any dopes can consider to be woke.

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<v Speaker 3>There's an old Superman Andy Bigotry ad you may have

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<v Speaker 3>run across. It's from nineteen forty nine, and it shows

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<v Speaker 3>Superman talking to a group of kids. He says, and remember,

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<v Speaker 3>boys and girls, your school like our country is made

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<v Speaker 3>up of Americans of many different races, religions, and national origins.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or

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<v Speaker 3>anyone else because of his religion, race, or national origin,

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<v Speaker 3>don't wait tell him that kind of talk is Unamerican.

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<v Speaker 3>What a shock Superman doesn't punch down is that woke.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Superman have to be kind of an a hole

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<v Speaker 3>to disagree with it. We may fall short sometimes, but

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<v Speaker 3>it appeals to our better natures. In this new movie,

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<v Speaker 3>Superman goes out of his way to save people and

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<v Speaker 3>animals in harm's way during his super battles. You want

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<v Speaker 3>to call that woke? I think a character like this

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<v Speaker 3>in a movie like this can help give us the

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<v Speaker 3>kind of super reset we need. Why wouldn't you want

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<v Speaker 3>to be like that? And by the way, for anyone

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<v Speaker 3>listening to those trying to gin up something about Superman

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<v Speaker 3>not saying truth, justice and the American way, I just

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<v Speaker 3>kind of covered the American part. Superman is here for

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<v Speaker 3>all humanity, but ask yourself why they aren't focused on

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<v Speaker 3>the truth part. Superman's civilian occupation is reporter. Spend some

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<v Speaker 3>time thinking about why that is, and then and then

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<v Speaker 3>imagine how satisfying it would be in the next movie

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<v Speaker 3>to see somebody call him fake news and then he

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<v Speaker 3>kind of slyly uses his super breath to blow their

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<v Speaker 3>hair off or something. That's your honor report for tonight,

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<v Speaker 3>Superman's fun go see it now. I want to talk

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<v Speaker 3>with Moe about it when he's back, because the movie

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<v Speaker 3>hit him a little differently. I didn't want to know

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<v Speaker 3>any more than that before I saw the movie myself

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<v Speaker 3>last night. So I'm looking forward to hearing what he

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<v Speaker 3>thinks and then impugning his taste, his intelligence, and his patriotism.

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<v Speaker 3>That's their honor.

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