Great thoughts! I think it’s interesting how what you’ve described could be argued to align with a modern to postmodern to metamodern trajectory. Superman is a quintessential modernist hero. Lois Lane’s questions and lack of certainty around these solid moral categories could obviously reflect a postmodern worldview, though admittedly she does still believe in fundamental truth and justice, which is what binds her to Clark. Ultimately, Superman’s naivety in the film is challenged somewhat by the revelation of his parents being majorly flawed and the mission he built his life around being built on half-truth. Despite this, he finds a way to deconstruct and reconstruct his fundamental mission in a way that is aware of the complex background (and his own fallibility) while re-embracing the sincerity anyway. That’s very metamodern, and I think it reflects Gen Z’s desire to be aware of potential pitfalls and cynicisms while also believing in something despite it all.
Great thoughts! I think it’s interesting how what you’ve described could be argued to align with a modern to postmodern to metamodern trajectory. Superman is a quintessential modernist hero. Lois Lane’s questions and lack of certainty around these solid moral categories could obviously reflect a postmodern worldview, though admittedly she does still believe in fundamental truth and justice, which is what binds her to Clark. Ultimately, Superman’s naivety in the film is challenged somewhat by the revelation of his parents being majorly flawed and the mission he built his life around being built on half-truth. Despite this, he finds a way to deconstruct and reconstruct his fundamental mission in a way that is aware of the complex background (and his own fallibility) while re-embracing the sincerity anyway. That’s very metamodern, and I think it reflects Gen Z’s desire to be aware of potential pitfalls and cynicisms while also believing in something despite it all.
Yes, I agree!