20 e poucos anos: Infância
No cinema, esperando o filme começar:
- Quando eu era pequena, queria ser russa - dispara Lô.
- Russa? Por quê? - Raul faz uma careta.
- Uma espiã russa. Eu era viciada em James Bond! Aprendi inglês com a trilha sonora dos filmes dele. E queria ser uma linda espiã russa da KGB. Super poderosa, com armas e tudo mais. E você? O que queria ser?
- Huuuum - ele finge puxar da memória o que estava na ponta de língua - Queria ser o Super-Homem!
- É! - ele sorri empolgado.
- Que bobo! - ela sorri.
- Eu disse o Super-Homem e não o Clark Kent!
- Raul, eles são a mesma pessoa...
Comentários
"An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero, and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When he wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic that Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses, the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us."