“A British Superman?! It’s bad enough that James Bond is British! Superman is American! His name is SuperMAN not Smashing Gent. And let’s remember…let’s remember his spaceship crash landed in Smallville, Kansas not Uppington-Upon-Tweed-Wee-Chestershire. For God’s sake! The man gets his power from the sun. How could he be British? They don’t have a sun. They’re misplaced lifeforms. And what’s Superman gonna do? Fly up to the roof tops to sweep yer chimney, Guvna? ‘Here, Miss, I can use me x-ray vision to tell you what’s in that Sheppard’s pie. Blimey! It’s bits of Sheppard.’ Superman stands for truth, justice, and the American way. Which means flying on the right side of the road. So, British people, if you want a superhero of your own, try something more in line with your strengths. Like Alfred. He’s got a British accent and he does everything the rich American tells him to. That’s something you can relate to. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Take that, 2006.” — Stephen Colbert on Superman Henry Cavill
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7 comments:
Stephen Colbert is never afraid to speak the Truthiness.
I thought he was Canadian.
Colbert is hysterical!!!
if superman was british he'd be a lot like Dr. Manhattan, i think.
anyway, why would the british even want their own version of superman? for one, what with their average citizen being more aware than your average american, wouldn't everyone just figure out he's clark kent before luthor would?
What? No mention of the Queen or bad teeth? I'm sure he could have packed a few more lazy stereotypes into his routine...
Nothing personal my brother. All done with tongue planted firmly in cheek.
tongue planted firmly in cheek, or not, if he'd done the same routine about Africans, or Mexicans, or Women, we'd all be crying foul, and shooting him down for the bigoted twat he is. but it's only about the British, so that alright, then.
and, for the record, we already have our own Superman. he's called MarvelMan, and it just so happens that the run during the 'eighties is probably the best superhero comic ever written.
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