Aaron+Wolf+and+Cassandra+Butkowski

  Superman Versus Mom

 Scene 1  INTERIOR. HOUSE. MORNING.

// (Young TOMMY is sitting in front of his favorite TV show, Superman) //

 Tommy: Yeah! Go Superman Go! Beat em up! (Tommy is now jumping around the room throwing punches at the air.)

  (Enter MOTHER)  Mother:  TURN THAT OFF! (she runs across the room to turn the TV off.)

 Tommy:  But Mom... Superman is so cool! Why won't you let me watch? Everyone else does in my class! (He starts to throw a fit.)

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Mother: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> That’s exactly what I don’t want you to be doing! Every time you watch that show you re-enact its violent scenes. You are becoming more <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> and more violent when playing with your friends. Just the other day you hit little John with a rock!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Tommy: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> THAT'S NOT FAIR! I WANT TO WATCH! JOHN WAS OKAY, HE DIDN'T CRY! I did nothing wrong. I'll just watch it at other kid's houses. <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Besides we like playing like that! Getting hurt is part of the game!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Mother: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> NO SON OF MINE IS GOING TO HURT PEOPLE! Now get outside, go play with your friends. NICELY!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Tommy: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> I hate you! You're the worst mom ever. You just don't know how cool Superman really is!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Mother: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Hate me all you like now but when you are older you are going to thank me!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Tommy: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> No I won't! Why would I thank a mom who never lets me have any fun?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Mother: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> I am not stopping you from having fun, stop confusing violence for fun!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Tommy: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Stop confusing fun for violence!

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> (The boy leaves the room and walks toward the front door to leave)

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Mother: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> (talking to herself) <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Why can't he understand that I'm doing this for his own good? If only violent media didn't exist, then it would be so easy to raise a peaceful <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> son.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> (She walks out of the house locking the front door and waved good-bye to the neighbor watching over Tommy as he played outside)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Scene 2

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">INTERIOR. BANK. DAYTIME

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">(The mother approaches the bank and enters. All of a sudden three masked men kick open the bank doors.)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Criminal #1

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> This is a robbery! Everyone put your hands up!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Criminal #2

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">We are not afraid to shoot! (laughs)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">(The mother drops to the ground with her hands behind her head. As one criminal takes money from the counter, the other approaches her. She begins to shake with fear)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Criminal #1

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> What do you got in that little purse of yours lady?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Here just take it!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">(She throws her purse towards the criminal. The wall of the bank breaks open and Superman appears as he steps through the hole in he created)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> EVIL DOERS STOP!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">(Superman beats up all the criminals just as the cops come)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Oh Superman! You saved my life! You’re my hero!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> It’s no problem...after all it is my job. Would you like me to fly you back home?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Oh...that would be wonderful my son would love to meet you!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">(The mother climbs onto Superman's back)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Scene 3

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">EXTERIOR. SKY. DAYTIME

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Well actually...I'm not sure I want you to meet my son. You use violence to stop criminals and I'm not sure if that is very beneficial to his growth. A lot studies have said that children who watch violent media tend to become violent when they are older.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Actually... that’s not necessarily the case, TV shows such as mine which feature violence give children the ability to explore power and can even give them more confidence in themselves.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Really? How does it do that?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">They see powerful heroes fighting things that frighten and scare children. When they see heroes defeat these “bad guys” they realize that these scary people or their fear can be overcome.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I understand that but I don’t want my little boy to grow up thinking it’s okay to punch and kick other people! I want him to have a role model but must it be someone like you who must solve all of his problems with violence?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> I think you are looking at this situation all the wrong ways! Try to remember back when you were a child. When we grow older one seems to forget how powerless one could really feel as a child. Since children cannot yet understand what it is like to have control of their lives, they turn to fantasy worlds in search for control. By keeping him from entering these fantasy worlds you could actually be hurting your child’s self-esteem!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Oh my! I would never wish to damage my child's self esteem. I can remember feeling helpless when my parents would fight or frustrated when I couldn't get people to listen to me. I used to watch Looney Tunes growing up, it always cheered me up!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Wasn't that show violent?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mom:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Now that you mention it, they hit each other a lot but I never hit people more after watching them! When I see my little boy imitating your violent moves in front of the television I can’t help but feel nervous about what he is learning!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> I can understand that and many other parents feel the same way. However, when an adult looks at this situation they see something very different from what your little boy can see.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Then what does he see? What is he taking away from your show?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">That's different for every child. You have to ask your son what he is thinking.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Honestly I'm afraid to ask, what if he tells me he actually enjoys all that violence and pain? ( looks away in pain)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Children do not take violence so literally. By the time they start school, they understand it is part of a fantasy world and they only use the violence as a crutch in order to get through their stages of powerlessness.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">It is still scary for me. I wish I could see it through his eyes.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Adults have mostly forgotten their fantasy worlds so they make a much more direct correlation between violent television and violence in children. It makes sense that as a parent that you can't perfectly understand a child's mind.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">So how do I handle this need for violence. How do I know when its okay and when to stop him? He tells me he wants to beat up bad guys when he is older! When he plays with his friends, all they do is wrestle each other and sometimes even hurt each other!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">As long as play fighting is only for fun, it could actually help children to learn how to be resilient in the face of aggression. Resilience cannot be taught to our children without first allowing them to fail.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">What if someone gets hurt?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> If a child does get hurt in a play-fight we should use the situation as an opportunity to teach resilience. Now when the child grows up he will understand how to face the real aggressions they will have to deal with in the future, such as their teachers, bosses, and bullies in school.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Superman makes his landing softly and the mother steps to the ground)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's fine for small scratches but some times they punch each other in the face and throw rocks at each other, pretending to be strong.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">They are kids after all; they will need guidance even in play fighting. It's your job as a parent to say when enough is enough. Time-outs and punishments, I'm sure I don't have to explain those to you.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Of course not. I'm starting to understand where you are coming from Superman.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I'm glad I could shed some light on this subject for you.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Well it's definitely a lot to think about. The last thing I want to do is raise a child that cannot fend for himself. I suppose I just worry too much. Thank you so much for saving me today! I’ll never be able to thank you enough!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> It was nothing really... I enjoyed our talk! Now, may I meet your son?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Of course! He's in the backyard playing right now! Tommy!!!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">(Tommy comes out from the backyard.)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tommy:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">SUPERMAN! (he runs to greet Superman.)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Hey there Tommy. I heard you and your mother had an argument over my show.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tommy:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Yeah! She is being totally unfair!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Yes, well Superman explained a few things to me. From now on you are allowed to watch his show,...

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tommy:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Yes! (jumps around excited)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mother:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">BUT, I don't want you beating up your friends and hurting them while acting out the show. You need to learn the play nice.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tommy:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I will! Thanks Superman! I never thought she would change her mind!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Superman:

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">She always has your best interests at heart so she will do anything to make you the best man possible. Now then, Tommy, I will see you next week. Make sure to watch!

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Superman he flies off into the distance as he finished his sentence. He becomes smaller and smaller until he soon turns into a small speck on the horizon of the setting sun.)