I'm surprised and unexpectedly sad about Christopher Reeve's death. It's always hard to get used to the new world, when someone who was there, now is not.
Superman is one of my comfort movies, the kind I can pop in the VCR and keep on when I'm working late at night and need familiar, well-loved background noise. I saw Somewhere in Time at a pretty early age, too. But I'd really gotten accustomed to Christopher Reeve's new voice, the one assisted by a respirator and later softened by his position in the chair. It was more invincible, palpable with love and conviction.
Predictably, I've had Five for Fighting's song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" running through my head all day.
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