At Women’s March, Supergirl Steals Underwear Guy’s Thunder
Photos courtesy of Frank Lesser.
The Women’s March wound through the Upper West Side on Saturday, expanding well beyond the original route on Central Park West. As marcher Frank Lesser walked on Columbus between 77th and 78th Street, he saw a dude standing on his fire escape and raising his arms. People were cheering, and Lesser told Buzzfeed that it looked like the guy on the fire escape thought they were cheering for him.
But a few seconds later he turned around and saw the person they were really cheering for — Supergirl, up on the 4th floor!
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a woman in a very cool costume!
“Lesser tweeted out the series of pictures, calling it ‘that awkwardly symbolic moment.’ The tweet immediately went viral,” Buzzfeed reported.
This happens all the time to the actual Supergirl, too. She saves the day and then Super-Entitled-Man tries to take the credit.
— Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters) January 21, 2018
Reminiscent of that brilliant scene at the end of Swingers.
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! Awesome, Supergirl!!!
ALL females are super girls !!!! 👍😀💃👍
Funny not funny
But what they don’t cover is the fact that this guy literally took his shirt off & threw it into the crowd. (I was there…) It was ridiculous. Totally tone deaf to the occasion.
He should have thrown down some kitty litter.
I THINK THIS IS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND IT IS TIME TO JUST RELAX – ENOUGH SAID!
Yeah! I’m tired of these people exercising their constitutional rights!
Why can’t we just be more like Russia??
How great was Swingers?!?! One of my favorite movies of the time. People were actually going swing dancing and dressing like that. Oh the memories.
However, I am afraid in the climate of today it would be seen as totally offensive, misogynistic, sexist, what have you.
If you went around referring to women as “beautiful babies” all the time people would (rightfully) think you are insane.:) Still a great movie though…oh well. Vince Vaughn has never been better.
Underwear guy is actually Clark Kent, who is wondering if it was his upstairs friend Lois who swiped his work clothes.
If the underwear guy had any class he would have turned to cheer on Supergirl, too.
That’s really super, supergirl.
IN the meantime, while all this marching and madness was going on, the Upper West Side was a traffic nightmare.
So many streets closed, buses rerouted, subways canceled,
I really think the time has come for NYC to stop the parades, stop the marches. It causes too much of a hardship for people trying get around.
… because, you know, the First Amendment isn’t that big a deal.
Sorry people sticking up for democracy inconvenienced you.
But do you not see Jan’s point at all?
I’m all for the first amendment, and one thing I love about NYC is the passion and that people do things.
But could some consideration be given to residents who still must go about their business and conduct their lives?
For example, my neighbor is a disabled woman and she was unable to get to a physical therapy appointment because of the disruptions to transit and traffic. I’m sure others had similar issues.
It seems that there should be a way to march, protest, etc. without making it impossible for some to live their lives.
Unfortunately not. It is hard to march in the streets without being in the streets.
It was a lovely day, and a calm crowd making some important points. It was worth the trouble at least as much as a street fair, right?
– Madonna, at the original “Women’s March”, January 2017
Nothing says ‘respect for the democratic process’ quite like that.