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Archiving deleted scenes from Superman (1978) (9/?)

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Superman (1978) and the Female Gaze

In honor of Superman’s 85th birthday, I got to see the 1978 movie in theaters (!!!) and I realized how much it appeals to the female gaze, which I would NOT have expected for a male-led superhero movie from the 70s.

To elaborate:

I’ve always cringed a little at Lois’ cheesy voiceover during the flying sequence, but I realized it’s actually a whole scene from Lois’ perspective. It gets in her head and explores her thoughts and feelings. It doesn’t portray her as “Superman’s girlfriend” from his perspective, focused on his viewpoint. The entire scene is Superman from Lois’ perspective.

Even the cinematography (especially in that scene but also throughout the movie) caters to the female gaze. There’s so much focus on their hands — Lois and Superman holding hands, Superman gently cradling her face, etc. There’s a focus on eye contact, on body language. Superman’s muscles aren’t emphasized — instead the camera lingers on his eyes and his smile. Through the visuals, both leads are very humanized instead of gratuitously sexualized like many superhero movies ever since.

Also, Christopher Reeve’s Superman emerges as such an unexpected example of positive masculinity. In the late 70s, Family Feud’s host was kissing every female contestant on his show, consent be damned. ERA and the feminist movement were losing ground to the New Right. The macho male hero was already a staple thanks to characters like James Bond and advertising campaigns like the Marlboro Man. Men Were Manly.

In contrast, while Superman is held up as a quintessential “manly male protagonist” admired by many, he very pointedly does not fall into the action hero male power fantasy stereotype of “I’m a tough macho man who affirms my masculinity by harassing and sleeping with lots of women and who expresses emotions by hitting things and yelling at people. Wow look at me punch things and shoot guns! I’m so strong!” Instead, he’s always gentle. He smiles brightly, he laughs, he cracks jokes, he waves as he flies off. He’s a huge guy, but he’s not intimidating unless he wants to be because he’s just so kind and down-to-earth. He’s much more in line with a stereotypically feminine fantasy of a “kind, respectful, warm guy who makes me laugh” rather than the male power fantasy more common in this genre.

There’s also the way female characters are treated. Lois is Superman’s love interest, but she’s also more than that. She’s her own character with her own voice. She’s a tough, snarky, take-charge, no-nonsense, competent career woman who goes after what she wants fiercely. She grouches and rants with her signature attitude, and Clark just stands there smiling at her because he thinks she’s amazing exactly as she is. It’s the fantasy of an independent woman with traditionally “unfeminine” traits who’s loved and celebrated for being herself. Clark doesn’t want to tame her — he adores her and supports her.

In addition, Miss Teschmacher is stereotyped as the villain’s “sexy but a bit dumb” girlfriend/sidekick, yet she’s still allowed some depth. Superman’s treatment of her stood out to me because this woman has helped Luthor endanger innocent people and nearly kill Superman himself, yet he’s still kind and respectful toward her. Because he always treats women like that, no matter who they are or what they’ve done to him. She wistfully says “Why can’t I ever get it on with a good guy?” instead of a toxic one, and he touches her face tenderly and gives her a reassuring smile. He has compassion for her, as well as hope that her life will improve.

There’s also the climax. There really isn’t much violence (it’s all natural disaster stuff). The whole “hero does something dramatic to save his love interest” is a time-honored action movie cliche, but this feels different somehow. It feels more like the climax of a romance movie than an action movie in some ways. Maybe it is, again, the focus on tenderness. On the way Superman cradles Lois’ dead body so gently and then cries. On the way he allows himself to feel, to express his emotions, instead of heading out to punch something as an outlet for his grief. Lois isn’t a love interest to be won — she’s a person to be cherished, which is 100% consistent with the female gaze.

Just, 👏 THE FEMALE GAZE AND POSITIVE MASCULINITY Y’ALL 👏

[luthwhore]

DC should hire me to do a WFA style webtoon about the luthor family where i just get to cherry-pick from whatever canons i like to create my own family sitcom cast. it’ll be like, half smallville and half whatever the hell interests me at the time. i’m recanonizing nasthalthia luthor but now she’s lucas-from-smallville’s daughter. i’m using the arrowverse characterization for lena. kon and bizarro are both there. mercy is having an office romance with miss teschmacher in the background. maybe lionel is there as a ghost or something idk (i’ll workshop it).

[cardcaptorsakura96]

About Last Night

Fandom: Supergirl

Characters: Kara Danvers, Lillian Luthor, Lena Luthor, Andrea Rojas, Lionel Luthor, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, Alex Danvers, Eve Teschmacher

Summary: Lillian Luthor is eagerly wanting to get to her daughter's destination wedding. However, a couple of detours with the docile Kara Danvers changes her life in a big way.

Rating: Mature

Word Count With All Chapters: 5,063

Chapter: 1/?

Trigger Warning: There is a smut scene in this chapter

Lillian tapped her foot while waiting in line. There were two people waiting in front of her. 

“Ugh,” she groaned as she checked her phone again. 

She was supposed to leave on a private plane with Lena and her fiancé Andrea five hours ago to help with wedding preparations, but of all days Morgan Edge wanted to start a coup and take over the company. Lillian urged Lena and Andrea ahead while she put Edge in his place. She was in a particularly petty mode and decided to lay out all of Edge’s skeletons in front of the Board. Needless to say, they voted him off the Board after 15 minutes. 

However, since Lena had the plane, it meant that she would have to ride commercial. She did manage to get a first class ticket, however, the plane made a detour and landed in Las Vegas. They said it was due to weather conditions, but it was sunny outside. When everyone tried to argue, they were told to ask the desk attendant for more information and  about making other travel arrangements. 

Lillian took a deep breathe and rubbed her temple. 

“Keep it together Lillian. The wedding is in 7 days. We were only going to Ireland this early to make sure everything was set up for the wedding by the end of the week. Also, look on the bright side. You are no longer near that creepy gardener anymore.”

She shuddered when she thought of her former seat companion. He seemed harmless at first with all of his plant puns. However, he quickly went from “I beg your garden” to “You make my plants wet”. She was about to call the flight attendant for a possible new seat when the announcement came about the change in destination.

Lillian was so lost in thought that she didn’t realize that she was next in line.

“Umm ma’am, are you ok?”

“Oh, I am so sorry. It has just been a trying day.”

“No worries! How can I help you today?”

“I was wondering if you have any flights that leave out for Dublin, Ireland today.”

“Flights headed out east have all been cancelled.”

“What!”

“There is a severe snow storm in most of the states out west and in the midwest. There is zero visibility in those area.”

Lillian took a couple of big breathes before asking shakily, “When would flights be up and running again?”

“The next flight out to Dublin wouldn’t be until tomorrow night at 7 as long as the winter advisory is gone by then.”

Lillian clenches her fingers on the edge of the desk until her knuckle turns white. She forced a smile while staring at the attendant.

“I will take the 7pm out to Dublin tomorrow,” said Lillian through gritted teeth.

The attendant looked relieved. 

Probably because others have gone off on her due to this inconvenience.

Lillian sighed. She knew that this wasn’t the lady’s fault. As much as she wanted to, not even she could control the weather. If anything this was Edge’s fault for making her miss her flight. 

I need to make sure to do something extra special for Edge when I get back.

Lillian smirked to herself thinking of all the different ways to make Edge’s life hell once she returned. 

The attendant gave her the ticket and said, “I have everything for your flight set up. Just a head’s up, you probably want to call now to make hotel arrangements. The hotels were already busy due to several major music acts being here this weekend.”

“Thanks you so much. I will do that right now.”

“Have a good day!”

Lillian quickly went to the sit down and started calling hotels. While she waited on hold, she checked to make sure she had her carry ons. Since, she received the call about Edge while they were transferring stuff to the private plane from her car, Lena had the majority of her stuff. The only thing she kept with her since she was in a hurry to get back to L-Corp was her carry on bag which had a two shirts and some jeans. She had planned to change out of her clothing before landing into something more comfortable. Due to the location that Lena chose for the wedding, a lot of the travel had to be on foot. 

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[newtownpentacle]

North, Miss Teschmacher, north!

Wednesday – photo by Mitch Waxman My current walkie walkie schedule revolves around having a couple of days a week wherein I leave the car back at HQ and head ‘into town’ via the T Light Rail system. The T is an electrically driven street car which operates off of a catenary system. Usually, they run two car train sets, but occasionally – particularly during Steelers or Pirates games – you’ll…

[chicafinal]

i wanna be her so badly

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Superman: The Movie (1978)

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Did we know Eve was Teschmacher?! Because I didn’t know Eve was Tesmacher

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Archiving deleted scenes from Superman (1978) (3/?)

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[saminky]

It's too good to be true! He's 6'4'', has black hair, blue eyes, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, and tells the truth!

Miss Teschmacher, Superman (1978)

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Superman (1978)

[adazzlingsakura]

Okay I did not just watch Lena 'I did illegal experiments on people for the "greater good"' Luthor give Kara 'hope, help and compassion for all' Danvers a speech about MORALS AND COMPASSION AND DECEIT LIKE WOW