# Supermans Wang!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 13, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436 "2005-12-13T17:24:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/1 "2005-12-13T17:24:34Z")
Just caught this nugget of amusement from [Ananova](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1644219.html?menu=news.quirkies).
Could the future Superman Brandon Routh be getting any better publicity for his Hollywood party scene cred? Stand back Tommy Lee!
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/2 "2005-12-13T17:29:46Z")
They don’t call him Man of Steel for nothing.
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/3 "2005-12-13T17:33:47Z")
Anyone else opening this thread expect to see a discussion of [Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex](http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html)?
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/4 "2005-12-13T17:47:23Z")
Double bonus points to them for using the word “package”. 😃
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/5 "2005-12-13T17:48:08Z")
No, I opened this thread expecting to see a picture of what’s causing all the hoo-ra. Boy, am I disappointed.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/6 "2005-12-13T19:03:04Z")
So, do you think that if Wonder Woman’s costume for the new film gives us “camel toe” they’ll edit it out too? (Og, I hope not!)
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/7 "2005-12-13T19:07:46Z")
If only they’d hired Ru Paul as wardrobe consultant.
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/8 "2005-12-13T19:12:03Z")
Well, I always did theorize that one reason nobody realized that Supes is Clark Kent is because he’s hung like a sewer pipe, and everyone’s too distracted to even look at his face. Looks like the new theory may give that theory some credence. 😃
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/9 "2005-12-13T23:47:07Z")
> [@](#):
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> So, do you think that if Wonder Woman’s costume for the new film gives us “camel toe” they’ll edit it out too?
More importantly, if her costume _doesn’t_ show camel toe, will they edit it in?
I think Mystique in the X-men movies has already set a precedent that camel-toe in superhero movies is appropriate.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/10 "2005-12-13T23:56:56Z")
Incidentally, I like that the term Camel-Toe has gone mainstream. It warms the cockles.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/11 "2005-12-14T00:00:20Z")
They had a similar problem with Reeves. When they watched the daily rushes, they noticed that little Clark would be on different sides of the costume. The wardrobe lady sewed in a “swimmer’s cup” to keep things in order.
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### Author:  [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/12 "2005-12-14T00:10:29Z")
> [@KKBattousai](#):
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> Well, I always did theorize that one reason nobody realized that Supes is Clark Kent is because he’s hung like a sewer pipe, and everyone’s too distracted to even look at his face. Looks like the new theory may give that theory some credence. 😃
Cheesecake (ironically) hurts exiting the nasal cavities.
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/13 "2005-12-14T00:48:07Z")
Here’s a pic of the new guy in his [super-leotards](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Superman_returns_04.jpg). It’s hard to tell if there’s anything digitized out.
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### Author:  [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/14 "2005-12-14T02:48:30Z")
If there’s anything digitized out, well, I don’t know if we want to see the “before” pictures.
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/15 "2005-12-14T02:51:26Z")
> [@teela brown](#):
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> Here’s a pic of the new guy in his [super-leotards](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Superman_returns_04.jpg). It’s hard to tell if there’s anything digitized out.
He looks sillier every time I see him.
“Duuuuude, I’m Suuuupeeeerrrr…”
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### Author:  [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/16 "2005-12-14T04:33:38Z")
Was anyone else put in the mind of Jim Croce when they saw the title of this thread?
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/17 "2005-12-14T04:40:37Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#):
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> Was anyone else put in the mind of Jim Croce when they saw the title of this thread?
You mean, as in “don’t tug on Superman’s wang”?
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/18 "2005-12-14T04:43:00Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#):
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> He looks sillier every time I see him.
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> “Duuuuude, I’m Suuuupeeeerrrr…”
“Thanks for asking.”
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### Author:  [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/19 "2005-12-14T05:28:38Z")
He’s just compensating for his small chest-emblem.
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-wang/335436/20 "2005-12-14T07:37:07Z")
> [@teela brown](#):
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> Here’s a pic of the new guy in his [super-leotards](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Superman_returns_04.jpg). It’s hard to tell if there’s anything digitized out.
He’s wearing lifts!
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