Those with even the most basic knowledge of the Superman story would not have been surprised to hear what filmmaker James Gunn - director of the highly-anticipated Superman reboot - stated plainly in a recent interview with The Sunday Times.

James Gunn described Superman as an immigrant during an interview causing MAGA to backlash on social media and on Fox News

Gunn courted outrage from the online (and televised) right with an interview in The Times of London. In that talk, published on Sunday, Gunn rightfully pointed out that Superman is both an immigrant and the American ideal.

The release of a new Superman movie has some in the Make America Great Again (Maga) movement steaming mad. This is because James Gunn, the man behind the film and the head of DC Studios, is drawing attention to immigration as one of the movie’s major themes.

It’s about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness,’ Superman director James Gunn said last week,

James Gunn and the ‘Superman’ cast respond to Fox News’ “Superwoke” backlash, defending the film’s message of kindness and immigrant identity.

Sean Gunn, the director’s brother who plays supervillain Maxwell Lord in the film, swiftly defended his sibling. “We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants and if you don’t like that, you’re not American,” he told Variety.

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