It’s a Hello Magazine link, maybe it’s the ads (I run adblock)
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Half of all stories involving Superman, in any medium, consist of him rescuing or being interviewed by Lois, Jimmy, Perry, Bibbo etc. Aside from the Justice League the *only *people you normally see Superman interacting with are the people Clark works with.
Christopher Reeve was the master at this transformation, as this scene from Superman attests:
Supergirl acknowledged this performance, by talking in-show about whether “glasses and a slouch” could be an effective disguise.
I do like the “Cat knows” theory.
You know what Jennifer Lawrence looks like, so of course you’d recognize her in glasses.
Kara is Cat’s peon; her worthless underling. If Kara were in Cat’s toilet bowl she wouldn’t bother to flush it.
Would you recognize every irrelevant nobody in your life if you saw them in a different setting?
Yeah, it’s not the glasses that are the disguise. The glasses are just a helpful little prop. The real disguise is in the posture and mannerisms.
The disguise doesn’t need to be complete, either. As Perry White once noted on Lois and Clark: “Yeah, Clark does look a little like Superman. And I look a little like Nixon, too. Doesn’t mean I’m him.”.
For those of you who didn’t get this:
Lane Smith, who played Perry White on L&C, also played Nixon in the TV movie “The Final Days.”
Yes, a great film, and a nice scene, thanks.
Well, she certainly is smart enough to make such a decision… and enough with the thinking-on-your-feet deal to keep her cool and not let on.
I am not a chief!
Around 1980, the idea developed that Clark, without even realizing it, hypnotized everyone into seeing him as slight of built, and with a face halfway between his own and a that of a stereotypical 97 pound weakling. This super-super-hypnosis, which Clark did not discover until the end of the story, was foisted on people through his Kryptonian lens eyeglasses.
LINKY here.
At one point Lana popped in unexpectedly with Supie changing to Clark, but without his glasses on yet. Naturally, Supie opted for the excuse that he needed to impersonate Clark for some reason. “That’s supposed to be Clark?” Lana asked in disbelief. She said that Kal-El was far too handsome, and too heavily built, to pass for Clark.
Fan reaction varied. Fred Hembeck drew his interpretation of the two faces, and said that the issue offered some “pretty solid reasoning” for why the big guy could get away with it. One prominent apazine big-name fan complained that it was unnecessary, and the explanation was for the benefit of those who would ask why Charlie Brown is not yet middle-aged.
There was one story in the '50’s with Clark posing in front of a flat Superman figure for Lois, at a sort of Superman amusement park. Lois pressured him to take off his glasses, for obvious reasons. it was a real cliffhanger.
But Clark’s wits were too much for Lois. He grabbed his hat and placed it quickly on his head. His excuse was that he felt a sudden draft, and was worried about catching a cold. Of course, the hat did the trick.
When Mon-El first came to earth, he wore no glasses, only a hat, as a travelling salesman.
You would think that they could have come up with colored contact lenses, at the very least.
(Mon-El was certainly not the only one to wear nothing on his face in either identity)
So what was the letter column explanation? Something to the effect that once “Bob Cobb” starts his brush-selling spiel, his entire face becomes a blur.
Also this:
And check google images for Superman # 330, too.
Again, like I said- you are all assuming that people know Supergirl has a Secret mundane identity. Why should she? Why would anyone assume that?
Apparently, at some point in his career Superman was dumb enough to let slip that he had a secret identity. After that, every other story involved him trying to keep it secret.
I just had a perfect example of how context works. I had someone come into my office with a computer problem. We were speaking for several minutes and then she mentioned she had been in the play on campus this weekend. When I asked her which role, I immediately realized it was the same person.
But I didn’t recognize her at all until I had that context.
It’s the same thing with Supergirl/Kara. Unless you see them in the right context, you just don’t make the connection.
In addition, they’ve done a nice job of make Kara look far different from Supergirl. It’s not just the glasses, but it’s her hair and makeup.
Years ago, I used to see a woman and her children on an almost daily basis, always in the same location (she brought her kids to the local homeless shelter for meals - she wasn’t homeless, just low-income). One evening, I bumped into them in a different place, and was really confused when her youngest child didn’t seem to have any idea who I was. I figured it out later: I was “out of context”.
Look. Kara wears glasses. Supergirl doesn’t wear glasses. They can’t be the same person. How would Supergirl be able to see?
In the 80’s, in the comic book Daredevil/Spiderman crossover with Sin Eater, Daredevil had known Spiderman for a long time. Then one day, as Matt Murdoch, he happened to be in the same room as Peter Parker and knew immediately that he was Spiderman. They had the same heartbeat.
Which came in handy at the climax when Daredevil was being beaten up and Spiderman was walking away (long story) and Daredevil shouted, “Peter!”
Spiderman rescued him then, of course. Daredevil revealed his own identity.
She’s great at that! I am honestly watching mostly for the sheer delight of seeing her play awkward so well. It’s like Christopher Reeve as überdork Clark (and Brandon Routh did a good job in Superman Returns).
The “Does Cat Grant know?” reminds me of the comic book where Lex Luthor learns that Superman is really Clark Kent (from an underling? I seem to remember him firing whoever gave him the news) and he goes off on a tirade that Superman is the most powerful being on Earth! Why would he purposely want to act weak?
We as viewers expect heroes to have Secret Identities because of the comic book mythos. Those ‘in continuity’ have no reason to expect their heroes to be two people at once. You never have people wondering who Bernie Sanders changes into, or looking for Jimmy Fallon’s Secret Identity.
Lois? The women who is married to him in most of the continuities? And is suspicious in the rest?
Let’s say Natalie Portman. No, wait; Keira Knightley.