Originally posted by: Arnie.d
You said truth and justice is the American way so I would say truth and justice would be enough. Besides, superman is not an american, he's not even human. Adding "the American way" would not be bad in my opinion because of the current administration, it has nothing to do with that. Mixing "the American way" with a universal figure like superman will look like Americans can't look beyond there own country. There's no truth and justice in any other part of the world?
Edit: Or is "truth, justice and the American way" some sort of proverb? Something you usually say in one sentence? Is it like when you say "truth, justice" it's automatically followed by "the American way" than it's stupid to leave it out.
I'm thinking about this too much. I probably would not have noticed it if it would have been truth, justice and the American way.
A disaster? How so? The United States of America was founded on the ideals of Truth and Justice, so it is the American way. Like I said in my previous post, just because the current administration might be making some people angry (others were angry at the US before he came into office, so that's not his fault), doesn't mean that Truth and Justice aren't still the American way.
You said truth and justice is the American way so I would say truth and justice would be enough. Besides, superman is not an american, he's not even human. Adding "the American way" would not be bad in my opinion because of the current administration, it has nothing to do with that. Mixing "the American way" with a universal figure like superman will look like Americans can't look beyond there own country. There's no truth and justice in any other part of the world?
Edit: Or is "truth, justice and the American way" some sort of proverb? Something you usually say in one sentence? Is it like when you say "truth, justice" it's automatically followed by "the American way" than it's stupid to leave it out.
I'm thinking about this too much. I probably would not have noticed it if it would have been truth, justice and the American way.
"Truth, Justice, and the American way" is a line very closely related to Superman. Also Superman is an American myth. A very deep rooted part of our popular culture. He is as American as any of us, even if he is an immigrant. Maybe it seems cheesy to outsiders, but it has been this way forever. Superman is 100% American. He is an American icon.
It is true Americans have a hard time seeing beyond their boarders. Though if you understand Americans it is hard to blame them for this. Of course it is a form of ignorance and should be fought, but it is at least a somewhat understandable form of ignorance. There was actually a issue, or a series of issues of Superman comics that went the "what if Superman had crashed in the Soviet Union" route. Pretty interesting actually. Instead of standing for the American ideals of the Superman that grew up in Smallville, the Red Son stands for the ideals of Communism. A very interesting idea really.