The question of whether people would really be fooled by Clark Kent wearing glasses into not realising he’s Superman has vexed many for years. Surely, oh surely, that’s not a great disguise. That’s not going to work. Only a complete idiot would be fooled by that.
Or a genius billionaire. But definitely not a talk show host – they’re smart puppies.
Or so you’d think. But apparently Henry Cavill can walk around Times Square wearing a Superman top and stand right in front of the Superman v Batman posters and no one will recognise him. So maybe we are all idiots.
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
