Of Superheroes and Synopses
KASTURI MOITRA
After
watching the latest Superman movie — Man
of Steel — I couldn’t help wondering how alarmingly akin the making of a
superhero flick is to the writing of a PhD synopsis. Few reasons as to why I
didn’t think Man of Steel was a good
superhero film were: 1) The Superman wasn’t handsome enough 2) The villain in
Superman was not formidable enough 3) The set-up was too fantastical (aliens!)
4) There was nothing new in the film. I realized to my horror that often our
PhD synopses get rejected for the very same reasons! Behold.
