Translated quote from a public speech by Ariano Suassuna back in 2013 in which I was present, feel free to share:
"This is the picture I took in Rio de Janeiro: can you see who I'm looking at there? Perplexed!
Can you see who it is? Superman!
I walk into a store in Rio de Janeiro, and look at the guy they chose to advertise the store: Superman! Give me a break...
That's a detestable figure.
I'll tell you something: American civilization, do you know why they identified so well with this figure? It's because they don't know what to do with Christ.
Christ is a loser according to the American view. He died crucified between two thieves. And they are horrified by the figure of the loser.
And at the same time they are obliged to pay homage to the figure of Christ, because they call themselves Christians.
The other day I was very concerned: because that guy George Bush, the Father, took a picture, called Sylvester Stallone, dressed as Rambo, and took a picture with him saying that Rambo is the prototype of the American Hero.
First of all: Rambo was created to end American trauma. They lost the Vietnam War, so they invented Rambo, who wins.
They lost there, but they win on screen, with Rambo killing everyone with arrows.
And Superman was created... Rambo is the Saint Paul of American Capitalist Christianity.
I don't know if you've noticed, but Superman, have you seen the movie I saw?
Superman comes from the higher spheres, like Christ, he is raised by an American couple, like Christ was raised by a Jewish couple, he has an apostolic girlfriend, his Saint Mary Magdalene, Lois Lane, and he performs a resurrection like Christ did with Lazarus.
But, in typical American fashion, he does it with brute force.
His girlfriend comes one day in her car, and the entrance is like this and splits in two, so she takes the road over here (points to the right), drives ahead, and then she has an accident and dies.
Then when Superman finds out, he flies, then he grabs the Earth, spins it backwards, then time goes backwards, she gets up, gets in the car, the car reverses, arrives back at the same crossroads, she takes the other path and stays alive.
A resurrection, like that of Lazarus. Then he grabs the American flag and flies around the world.
It ends gloriously, the figure of the American Christ, with the American flag flying around.
I consider it crazy on Brazil's part to accept this byproduct of American culture."
