Boycott Superman movie over Jewish actor?
| Some Malaysians want to boycott the new Superman movie because the lead actor is Jewish.
This was reported by a news portal after looking through netizens' online comments.
Some joked that this was really because Superman wears his red underwear outside, thus rendering the show 'immoral'.
Superman was played by Henry Cavill from 2013 to 2022. Now the cape has been passed to David Corenswet, a 32-year-old American Jewish actor.
This generated a storm of 1,200 comments (thus far) when it was posted online. But hang on, isn't Superman...
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