‘Man of Steel’ Depicts a Striving Stranger in a Strange Land
At its core, Man of Steel reinterprets the Superman origin story through the lens of the modern immigrant experience.
Released in 2013, Zack Snyder's Man of Steel served as both a reboot of the Superman franchise and the inaugural chapter of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, the film departed from the bright, optimistic tone of previous iterations to present a grounded, "real-world" exploration of a first-contact event. I. The Immigrant Experience and Alienation
