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Invulnerability

February 15, 2010: "The History of Invulnerability" - An Interview with David Bar Katz

By Steve Younis

"The History of Invulnerability" is a stage production about Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, written by playwright David Bar Katz.

David was kind enough to participate in an interview with the Superman Homepage to talk about "The History of Invulnerability"...

    Q: What is "The History of Invulnerability"?

    A: It's a play about Jerry Siegel and his relationship with Superman. It also focuses on Jerry's struggles with issues of Jewishness and the Holocaust, which I think were vital in the creation of Superman.

    Q: What inspired you to write "The History of Invulnerability"?

    A: Well, the biggest inspiration was being a life-long comic book fan. But about twelve years ago I wrote a novel that had a section dealing with the Jewish origins of superheroes. Since then I wanted to expand upon that, and it was always in the back of my mind. Then I became a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company, and buddies with an actor named David Deblinger who I thought would make a brilliant Jerry, so I decided to write it as a play. I was torn between writing about Jerry Siegel or Larry Hart of Rodgers & Hart fame. I feel like there were a lot of similar issues at play, not the least of which was a Jew shaping American popular culture without wearing Jewishness on his sleeve while an ocean away the Holocaust was decimating European Jewry.

Read the entire interview right here at the Superman Homepage.



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