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Re:The Most Misread Poem in America by hugh4 on Saturday September 12, 2015 @12:57AM (#10207283)
Symbolism up the unsubtle end of the spectrum, that you're actually supposed to notice consciously and comment on, becomes allegory, and it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Superman has been an allegory for Jesus and/or America in many of his appearances over his long life.

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Re:The Most Misread Poem in America by pluma on Saturday September 12, 2015 @06:12AM (#10207725)
I agree. I just felt that in Man of Steel it was so overdone it actually got in the way of the story, breaking the immersion.
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Re:The Most Misread Poem in America by hugh4 on Saturday September 12, 2015 @04:09PM (#10209170)
The other problem is that it didn't seem to have anything in particular to say about Jesus or America. (Gotta appeal to the international audience, after all...) So the allegory is pointless.
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