Anyone else find it an interesting coincidence that two of the most prominent recent casting choices for Lex Luthor were Jews? The guy from Smallville show, and the actor from the DCEU. Superman is kind of a Christ allegory. Not from this world, has two fathers, his heavenly one and his earthly mortal one. Raised on earth to save it. All powerful. And his arch nemesis is Lex Luthor. That is all.
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Anything works when you start at a point and then work backwards to make it fit.
One of the most regular character traits of Lex Luthor is that he hates the idea of some non-human having power over him and all of humanity. Especially one who was just born with powers that he uses to be a godlike arbiter of society and morals. Superman is just the "chosen one" who we are never allowed to question, you get painted as a bad guy for doing so by all of society who considers him our greatest ally, and your entire life can be destroyed by him (and his entire race) on a whim if they felt like it.
From that point of view, Superman is closer to the Jew with Luthor being the rest of us under them, with the Jewish writers in the industry painting the utopia that it would be like if we just submitted to them and how awesomely amazing they are.
The new cartoon series with chocolate tomboy Lois Lane is even less subtle, with Lex chanting "Earth for Earthlings."
Did they seriously have Lex say that?
See for yourself.
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