SUPER IN AMERICA (2019). Vought Studios. Genre: Reality. Starring: Homelander, Queen Maeve, Black Noir, The Deep, A-Train, Starlight, Tara Reid, Billy Zane.SUPER IN AMERICA (2019). Vought Studios. Genre: Reality. Starring: Homelander, Queen Maeve, Black Noir, The Deep, A-Train, Starlight, Tara Reid, Billy Zane.SUPER IN AMERICA (2019). Vought Studios. Genre: Reality. Starring: Homelander, Queen Maeve, Black Noir, The Deep, A-Train, Starlight, Tara Reid, Billy Zane.
- Frenchie
- (as Tomer Capon)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeries co-creator Eric Kripke's actual Twitter username, @therealkripke, is seen tweeting support to Starlight after her Believe Expo speech.
- GoofsM.M. says he was trained as a medic. Later on in the series it is revealed that he was a Marine. The Marine Corp does not train Marines to be medics. Instead they are assigned Hospital Corpsmen from the Navy.
- Quotes
Starlight: You fired Ashley?
Madelyn Stillwell: It was actually a mutual decision. She wanted to explore different career paths and, um, we wished her well.
[beat]
Madelyn Stillwell: So, I would like you to take this in the constructive spirit that it is intended.
Starlight: [frowns] Okay.
Madelyn Stillwell: You are a selfish, arrogant child.
Starlight: Wow.
Madelyn Stillwell: Back in Iowa, I bet you watched a lot of Queen Maeve's movies, right?
Starlight: I did.
Madelyn Stillwell: She was a rebel. Didn't take anyone's shit, didn't play by the rules. That's what you wanted to be. That's what American heroes are. But it's a myth. I should know, because I wrote it. The truth is, dozens of people in this company spent hundreds of hours to create the thing that is you.
Starlight: I never asked for that.
Madelyn Stillwell: Then why don't you burn the sparkly outfit and become a cop? You want to be a superhero. You want to be famous. But nobody's famous alone. So why don't you cut the petulant diva shit, show a little fucking gratitude, and let us do our job?
[pause]
Starlight: No.
Madelyn Stillwell: I'm sorry?
Starlight: I mean, I don't mean to be ungrateful. But no red carpets, no reality TV, and no Noxzema commercials. And I want my old outfit back. I'm gonna save people.
Madelyn Stillwell: Then I think we may need to reconsider your position in The Seven.
Starlight: And I think that firing an employee after she reported sexual assault on live TV might tank your stock price.
Madelyn Stillwell: [taken aback] Well, I hope we can count on your discretion.
Starlight: I'm sorry, I don't do discretion anymore. If anyone asks me who did it, I'm going to answer honestly.
Madelyn Stillwell: Well, it's great that you want to tell the truth. I just don't know to whom you're referring.
Starlight: Oh, I think you know. I think you've known for a long time.
[pause]
Madelyn Stillwell: [unsettled] Thank you so much for coming, Starlight. I have a lot to think about.
- ConnectionsFeatures Shark Week (1987)
Overall, I'm blown away though; and rooting for "Team Boys", but understanding that the "supes" are very damaged people, possibly through no fault of their own, but just as much unwitting victims as anyone else, even if seemingly absurdly empowered ones, albeit in an illusory and less-than-human way. "Vought corporation" is the real villain; with which I feel Stillwell's story is likely to be heavily entwined - I'm not sure of the specific reference, but I think it's Shakespearean*, and it sums the whole Boys versus Supes franchise up nicely: "What fresh hell is this?"
*A quick goo-gel (great for all your hair-styling needs) reveals that it may actually have been Dorothy Parker that originated this idiom.
- joe12361
- May 13, 2021
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- Filming locations
- St. Luke's United Church, 353 Sherbourne St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Exterior Church, busy city street)
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- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1