{"id":389,"date":"2006-06-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/supermans-identity-crisis.html"},"modified":"2006-06-22T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-22T12:00:00","slug":"supermans-identity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/supermans-identity-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Superman’s Identity Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Skelton–an author and minister–has been going around telling anyone who’ll listen that Superman is a Christ figure<\/a>. He’s got a good point, what with the whole “only son sent to earth as a savior” angle. Now The Advocate tells us that the Man of Steel might be gay<\/a>, or at least is an icon to gay people, what with his closeted secret identity and all.<\/p>\n

Can both these be true? Wouldn’t that make our supreme comic-book hero–gasp–a gay Christ figure?<\/p>\n

Before making up your minds, consider these other factors: Superman might also be a Methodist<\/a>, a Moses <\/a>figure, a Jewish golem<\/a>, or a twist on Nietzsche’s ubermensch<\/a>. And Bryan Singer, the director of “Superman Returns”–himself gay (and Jewish)–has called the hero “the most heterosexual character<\/a>” in all his films.<\/p>\n

Sounds to me like the Man From Krypton may be having an extended identity crisis that’s leaving him unsure of his own religious leanings, religious\/allegorical allusions, and sexual preferences. Maybe some super-counseling–or a turn at our Belief-o-Matic<\/a> quiz–can help him sort out who he really is.<\/p>\n

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