The following is  adapted from a paper I wrote during my grad studies, the one I mentioned a few days ago. I felt it was worth posting. A little lengthy, so it’s under the cut. Superman has been a huge part of my life, and continues to be profoundly important to me. This paper was an exercise in expressing a little of why.

David Letterman took the stage of the Ed Sullivan theater last night for the final time. Not one for sentiment, Dave, always seeking the laugh, turned to his trademark disgruntledness, and opened by saying “I’ll be honest with you. It’s beginning to look like I’m not going to get the Tonight Show.” It could’ve been possible that Letterman would only be remembered for following Carson on Late Night. Or for being passed over for the Tonight Show in the first shots of the infamous late night wars.