What everyone is missing here is the obvious Godfather connection. Kal el (aka Superman) is the son of Jor El, played by Marlon Brando, who also played Vito Corleone.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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