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Title: The Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Two Seasons
Review: The series is "dark" and violent, with excellent acting from the supporting cast. Each episode was a movie in own right. Phyllis Coates is suburb, very much the independent modern 1950's woman a far better actress than the sub-servient Noell Neill. Phyllis exudes sex appeal. Jack Larson displayed better acting in this series that the latter, very much the innocent clean cut teenager. George Reeves acting improved in the 3rd season. Excellent historic 1950's American genre. The theme of "Fighting for truth justice and the American Way" is proclaimed, however there are elements in the "American Way" that are dark, voilent and lawless. The solution is that this aspect of American culture has to be crushed through violence and brute strenght by a handsome hero in disguise. An allegory that underneath all Americans is a hero waitng to surface and save teh world.
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