{"id":130779,"date":"2016-05-31T07:31:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/31\/and-the-new-doc-savage-movie-gets-its-man-of-bronze.html"},"modified":"2016-05-31T07:31:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:31:28","slug":"and-the-new-doc-savage-movie-gets-its-man-of-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/31\/and-the-new-doc-savage-movie-gets-its-man-of-bronze.html","title":{"rendered":"And the new "Doc Savage" movie gets its Man of Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnson certainly has the build and moves for Doc Savage, and it's kind of cool the idea of the Perfected Human Being being a combination of Black Nova Scotian and Samoan.<\/p>\n

This worries me though:<\/p>\n

'He is literally the master of everything. But here's the #1 reason I'm excited to become Doc Savage.. HE'S A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO! Confidently, yet innocently he has zero social graces whatsoever due to his upbringing so every interaction he has with someone is direct, odd, often uncomfortable and amazingly hilarious.'<\/i><\/p>\n

I wouldn't expect Clark Savage to be an accomplished courtier, certainly not through any desire to curry favor or climb social circles. On the other hand I'd expect him to have an experienced grounding in social etiquette and mores across a hundred global cultures, from a rain forest tribe to US society, , not to mention a personal charisma that overcomes a lot else. Playing up a socially awkward aspect in a "hilarious" way seems a potential avenue for disaster, a "laughing at" vs "laughing with".<\/p>\n

It's not necessarily a problem — Captain America as "a man out of time" gets some of the same humor poked at him. But that Johnson is calling it out as his "#1 reason" makes me a bit uneasy. <\/p>\n

We'll see.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDwayne Johnson Confirms His Title Role in DOC SAVAGE | Nerdist<\/a><\/span>
\nAfter months and years of rumors, it’s official: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is going to play the world’s first superhero: Doc Savage! As recently as two months ago, director Shane Black indicated that his planned Doc Savage movie was on hold until he could finally line up Johnson for the title role. Earlier this week, Johnson posted a photo of himself with Black and others involved with the Doc Savage movie as he described the reasons that he is e…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Johnson certainly has the build and moves for Doc Savage, and it's kind of cool the idea of the Perfected Human Being being a combination of Black Nova Scotian and Samoan. This worries me though: 'He is literally the master of everything. But here's the #1 reason I'm excited to become Doc Savage.. 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