The Jonathan-as-icon moment really hit home for me in the scene when they paused him on the screen and panned across to his son and mother grieving. It was a very haunting image. It reminded me of the time when Clark tried to reach out to his grandfather and he brought him a book of family photos, saying 'this is what we're really like'. Clark thought he was showing his grandfather the *true* Kents, but actually, it was Clark who was trapped in the golden image of his family, not recognising the painful political truths.
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Date: 2006-02-05 12:59 am (UTC)The Jonathan-as-icon moment really hit home for me in the scene when they paused him on the screen and panned across to his son and mother grieving. It was a very haunting image. It reminded me of the time when Clark tried to reach out to his grandfather and he brought him a book of family photos, saying 'this is what we're really like'. Clark thought he was showing his grandfather the *true* Kents, but actually, it was Clark who was trapped in the golden image of his family, not recognising the painful political truths.