Kellyanne Conway Slams Promotion Of The New 'Superman' Movie With 1 Truly Baffling Criticism

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Former Trump White House counselorKellyanne Conwayrecently expressed her dismay after director James Gunn said that his new “Superman” movie is a story about the value of “basic human kindness”— and that the DC comic book character is an immigrant.

During an appearance on Fox News show “The Five” earlier this week, Conway complained about Gunn’s take on the new DC Studios film.

“We don’t go to the movie theater to be lectured to, and to have somebody throw their ideology onto us,” she said.

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“I wonder if it’ll be successful,” she continued, before Fox News host Jesse Watters chimed in: “You know what it says on his cape? MS-13.”

The director had told The Times of London over the weekend that the movie is about “politics” and “morality,” and that the iconic comic book character is “the story of America.”

“An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost,” Gunn said.

When asked if he thought the movie would play differently in blue states versus red states, Gunn responded: “Yes, it plays differently. But 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.”

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“But screw them,” he added.

Aside from the fact that “Superman” has long been viewed, in part, as an immigrant or refugee story, Gunn’s comments in describing the Man of Steel as an immigrantsparked right-wing outrage online.

Deepak Sarma, inaugural distinguished scholar in the public humanities at Case Western Reserve University, said that Conway’s remarks about being “lectured to” spoke volumes amid the Trump administration’s dehumanizing immigrant rhetoric and the mass raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Sarma said it was a “peculiar” statement, because when someone feels lectured to, the implication is that they already know something and don’t need a reminder.

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“Is Conway admitting, unintentionally or inadvertently, that it is accepted and common knowledge that Superman is indeed an immigrant and that the United States of America is a country founded, sustained and enriched by immigrants?” Sarma said.

“Instead of stating that Superman is not an immigrant, she asks that the audience not be reminded of this, especially since the Trump administration and MAGA leaders are trying so desperately to gaslight gullible, docile and susceptible Americans and rewrite history,” they later continued. “Immigrants, moreover, are the villains, not the heroes, in the MAGA narrative.”

James Gunn photographed at the Los Angeles Premiere Of "Superman" at TCL Chinese Theatre on July 7, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Steve Granitz via Getty Images

Films havealwaysbrought attention to social issues and political themes.

Regardless of how people may view the new “Superman” movie — which is due out on Friday — criticism that the film is political or that it explores social issues is perplexing;films have historicallytackled social and political themes.

“The media, in all its forms, throughout history, has been used to address the issues of the day,” Sarma said, citing political cartoons addressing concerns about the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 19th century as an example.

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“Films can have an enormous impact on political and cultural moments,” they later continued. “Authoritarian governments have long used them to maintain their chokehold on the public, to gaslight and to demonize.Authoritarian governments are also aware of the power of a film to change public sentiment or even to educate and energize revolutionaries.”

Sarma said that the context in which Conway used the term “ideology” to criticize Gunn’s comments about the new “Superman” film comes “dangerously close” to advocating for a kind of authoritarian-like censorship in which governments censor films that “threaten their narrative and power.”

Overall, Sarma said elsewhere that Conway’s comments on “The Five” reflect what they believe the Trump administration “and its MAGA minions” are attempting to do: rewrite American history and turn a “blind eye to the invitation, beacon and kindness enshrined at the base of Statue of Liberty.”