April 21: Supergirl

I decided to watch all 5 episodes of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (The Arrowverse's epic crossover show), which was very good, so I decided to start watching "Supergirl" (one of the crossover shows) from the beginning. I was hooked after the pilot; it is a delightful show. I love the main characters, I love especially Kara's (Supergirl's) admitted nerdiness, I love the alien emphasis (kind of like the X-Men mutant vibe, complete with anti-alien advocates like anti-mutants, which of course screams of anti-immigrant bias, and of course I love that the show encourages you to be pro-alien/mutant/immigrant, ESPECIALLY in the current episode I am watching "Strange Visitor from Another Planet" which has a genocidal theme [white Martians sent green Martians to labor camps, killed all women and children in furnaces and kept the men as laborers] that is so brutal, so awful, and so motivational to want to things to change), I love that it co-stars Chyler Leigh (who played Lexie on Grey's Anatomy), and I especially love its emphasis on strong female lead characters. It is also delightfully self aware and often makes fun of itself and common superhero tropes. I enjoy having it on in the background while I blog and prepare jeo-party, because it is light-hearted and entertaining (but still in some moments, deep and meaningful).  

As usual, I did some Googling, and discovered that the star of Supergirl, Melissa Benoist, rose to prominence after playing Marley Rose on Glee, aka "the new Rachel", and I totally remember her but totally didn't recognize her! ...which totally reminded me of a conversation in the second episode about recognizing who Supergirl is. Kara is being asked to do an interview as Supergirl with Cat Grant, her boss, and is worried she will be recognized.

    Kara: Ms. Grant's not stupid. She'd recognize me, like, in one second.

    James: She will look at Supergirl right in the face and she will not even see her assistant. 

    Kara: How can you be so sure?

    James: Because she doesn't see you now. I watched it happen for years with your cousin. Why don't you think that people recognize him as Clark Kent?

    Kara: Reading glasses and a good slouch?

    James: No, he's able to hide because the world can't believe that there's really a hero in their midst. 

I love that the scene was both thought-provoking and tongue-in-cheek. Absolutely delightful.

With delight,

♥Jamie