Joseph Miller
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2002
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From what I've read Chris played Clark the way he did because he felt that a pair of glasses wasn't going to fool anyone, so he made Clark a polar opposite of Superman to be more believeable.But the result was that Clark Kent was LESS believable, not more. Why would a bumbling idiot be a star reporter on a major paper?
I don't think anyone ever said that the glasses fooled people. After all, Lois always thought Clark was Superman.
I believe the premise of the original comics and TV show was that everyone knew that Clark Kent was a dead ringer for Superman, but he was "meek and mild" (which glasses are supposed to denote, I guess) so he couldn't possibly BE the bravest man in the world.
I think Christopher Reeve went beyond meek and mild to bumbling, which was wrong... in fact, it would make Lois MORE suspicious, not less, because he was overdoing it.
George Reeves got it right by playing Clark Kent as more or less a quiet, everyday type of guy, but still quite competent at his job.
But I want to repeat my contention that the glasses weren't to disguise the FACE, but to promote the image of the quiet, studious type of guy whom one wouldn't expect to be flying around the world battling criminals and monsters from outer space.