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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Jewish Guy Playing Superman!

JL;DR SUMMARY David Corenswet, a Jewish actor, is set to play Superman in the new DC Universe film directed by James Gunn, marking a historic first as the character's on-screen portrayals have never before involved a Jewish actor. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish ActorsJewish HeritageRachel BrosnahanSupermanJerry SiegelJoe ShusterDavid CorenswetDc UniverseSuperhero FilmsEbon Moss Bacharach

Places mentioned

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Corenswet hails from Philadelphia, PA (a city whose metropolitan area has the third highest percentage of Jewish people in the country)."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"The actors Jewish heritage was passed down by his father, John Corenswet, an actor turned lawyer from New Orleans."
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
"Samantha Baskind is a professor of art history at Cleveland State University who has done extensive research on the connection between Judaism and Superman"
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"particularly in her book The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture. She also cites the influence that Siegels and Shusters backgrounds had on the conception of the character"
New York, United States
"The Thing comes from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and while his Judaism was not made clear in his first comic book appearance, his heritage was revealed over time."

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