“Who Wants To be A Superhero” Has been airing on the SciFi channel this summer. It takes 11 contestants who dress up in brightly-colored spandex and must prove themselves to that guru of all things comicdom, Stan Lee.Now I must of course I must criticze the producers for not including the ultimate superhero in their competition... ME!!!
What sets this show apart from every other reality show in existence is that there is no backstabbing, no double-crossing and no manipulation of others to get ahead. Why?
BECAUSE THAT’S NOT WHAT SUPERHEROS DO!!!
All throughout this “competition” (it’s a reality show, the NFL is competition, this is semi-scripted roll playing on TV) the contestants have been asked to perform various acts that a superhero might face in everyday life. Many of the challenges were simple and rather indicative of the show’s low budget, but those who perform admirably are rewarded, and those who do not are asked to “turn in our costume”This is a stark contrast to the Survivors and Apprentices of the reality world. There it is exposing weakness and beating down the competitors for selfish gain that makes for winners on those shows.
What Stan Lee has done here is influenced our reality show participants to support each other and are actually sad when someone is asked to leave.
The final episode airs this Thursday and will decide who will win between "Feedback" a computer nerd turned superhero, and "Fat Mamma" a heavyset black lady who touts the banner fo self esteem and punishes bullies.
It’s cheesy, it’s silly but it’s also wholesome and uplifting family viewing. And the winner get’s their character turned into a Darkhorse Comic series.
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The #1 image I have of Fat Momma is that first task they had to do: change in public as fast as possible, and not be seen. But the real task was helping a crying child! Fat Momma never blinked but ran right to the kid! GO, FAT MOMMA!!! GO!!
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