\u2605 Make Showbiz411 your Preferred Source on Google<\/a><\/p>\nAnd so we headed to the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the premiere of DC Comics (aka Warner Bros) for \u201cSupergirl.\u201d<\/p>\n
We packed bags, got the visa and the vaccinations, pulled out the map and the compass, and we were on our way.<\/p>\n
Seriously, even though it was a prohibitively rainy night, the voyage was not so bad. Soon we were at the beautiful old opera house on the campus of BAM, looking for celebrities in the lobby.<\/p>\n
That wasn\u2019t so easy because 99% of the audience was influencers, massive numbers of young people who\u2019d been encouraged on their invites to dress \u201cfestive,\u201d and as Superman or Supergirl. No one dressed like Perry, Lois, or Jimmy, however, because they\u2019re not in this movie.<\/p>\n
There was exactly one celebrity in the ornate lobby, but she was a doozy: Deborah Harry of the group Blondie. At a very youthful 81, she still has blonde-white hair and is unmistakably gorgeous. \u201cDebbie?\u201d I exclaimed. It was like we were back at CBGBs. Also will there was her band partner Chris Stein.<\/p>\n
Why was Blondie at the premiere of \u201cSupergirl\u201d? Chris Stein explained to me later, at a very fun party in soggy Greenpoint, Brooklyn: \u201cThey used our song, Call Me, in the trailer. Also Supergirl wears a Blondie t shirt all through the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
It makes sense. \u201cSupergirl\u201d is not a normal DC Comics movie. It\u2019s very punk rock. It has echoes of \u201cMad Max\u201d and \u201cHarley Quinn,\u201d grafted onto a DC Comics movie. It\u2019s rockin\u2019 and rowdy, but also includes clever appearances by David Corenswet as Clark Kent\/Superman. The repartee between the Krypton cousins (Milly Alcock is Supergirl) was my favorite part of the movie.<\/p>\n
DC Comics\u2019 Peter Safran and James Gunn were in the house. They signed up the great indie director Craig Gillespie for his first exposure to action films. Gillespie\u2019s hits include \u201cI, Tonya,\u201d \u201cDumb Money,\u201d and \u201cLars and the Real Girl.\u201d That means the wit is as dry as a martini in \u201cSupergirl,\u201d and the whole thing is cheerfully off kilter.<\/p>\n
Back to the Greenpoint Warehouse, a snazzy venue for the \u201cSupergirl\u201d premiere after party. I ran into a cast member, David Krumholtz, who brought his young daughter. Eve Ridley, who plays Ruthie, was pointed out. No sign of Milly Alcock, who\u2019s so good in the film and will return in the next \u201cSuperman\u201d movie. Also no sign of \u201cSuperman\u201d stars Corenswet or Rachel Brosnahan, who did the red carpet for photo ops but probably caught the last ship back to Manhattan before the screening started.<\/p>\n
The influencers loved the movie, laughing and clapping at the right moments. They poured out into the street after the screening wearing all their regalia. Did you like the movie, I asked two of them? \u201cLoved it!\u201d was the reply, \u201cAnd I\u2019m not even supposed to be here!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSupergirl\u201d opens Thursday in previews, and should be a big hit.<\/p>\n
PS Harry and Stein told me they\u2019re working on a new Blondie album. I saw them 100 years ago at CBGB\u2019s, I told them. A new album is most welcome, but there\u2019s nothing like \u201cHeart of Glass,\u201d \u201cOne Way or Another,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m Always Touched by Your Presence, Dear.\u201d<\/p>\n
(PS to the \u201cSupergirl\u201d music supervisor. You should have included XTC\u2019s \u201cThat\u2019s Really Super, Supergirl.\u201d So meta!)<\/p>\n