Overview

• Fox News hosts Kellyanne Conway and Jesse Watters accused the film of lecturing audiences and mockingly suggested Superman’s cape bears a gang reference.
• Social media shares of the Fox News segment and user-generated memes have garnered over 1.3 million views on X and thousands of upvotes on Reddit.
• Sean Gunn defended the immigrant framing on July 8, arguing that opposing immigrants contradicts American values, and his comments received more than 15,000 likes on X.
• Know Your Meme documented how fans are remixing scenes and captions to parody the media backlash, further amplifying the debate.
• The Forward underscored that Superman’s creators were children of immigrants, highlighting that themes of otherness and assimilation have long defined the character.