It’s a movie. See it. Don’t see it. Whatever. But the fact that the new James Gunn Superman movie has become the latest focus of anti-woke grievance as the latest battle in the culture war is illegal aliens is telling.

“Superman” director and DC Studios co-head James Gunn is facing backlash for calling the Man of Steel “an immigrant that came from other places” in a new interview.

Ahead of the release of Warner Bros.’ superhero reboot on July 11, Gunn, 58, told The Sunday Times of London that “‘Superman’ is the story of America… An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country.”

The “Guardians of the Galaxy,” the director added: “But for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”

Well, it’s true that Kal-El was an alien, sent here as a baby and raised by a family in Kansas, and that he fortunately possessed a great many attributes of ordinary humans, superpowers notwithstanding, such that he could assimilate nearly perfectly. But when the idea of Superman came about, immigration really wasn’t the point, and, indeed, wasn’t even considered despite the fact that there were immigration issues back then as well. The United States has had immigration problems for a very long time, although we also recognized that almost all of us came from somewhere else, albeit at varying times.

If Gunn’s point was that his story was one of “basic human kindness,” then why inflame it by characterizing Supe as “an immigrant that came from other places and populated the country”? If his purpose is to tap into the sensibility that the current administration is treating immigrants without kindness, which is obviously true and intentional, then he courted controversy instead of seeking to make a fun superhero movie.

Gunn said that some audience members who watch the action movie through a political lens could have a negative reaction to it. Driving home that point, the Sunday Times’ headline is: “Some people will take offense at my new ‘Superman.’”

“Yes, it plays differently,” Gunn said. “But it’s about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them.”

It’s unfair to blame the potential audience when the director promotes his work as one that is intended to be political. Nor does the controversy surrounding turning the Superman story into one about illegal immigrants mean they “are just not kind,” even if they aren’t kind. Even worse is Gunn calling them jerks when he’s the person who felt compelled to turn a movie into a political lecture.

“He’s creating a moat of woke, enlightened opinion around him. He’s got a woke shield,” said Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, with a graphic on the screen that read “Superwoke.”

Kellyanne Conway said, “We don’t go to the movie theater to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology onto us.”

Is Gunn wallowing in a “moat of woke”? Does the movie lecture or throw ideology onto anyone? Thus far, the only controversy surrounds Gunn’s statement, not his movie because it has yet to be released. Maybe it’s just a cool, fun Superman movie and everybody who sees if will adore the immigrant from Krypton who does good things for people because he’s kind. And if the movie turns out to be some woke lecture, maybe people will decide they don’t want to see it and won’t go, turning it into a box office failure.

Or maybe it sends the message that Superman stands for truth, justice and the American way, and that way just happens to include helping, protecting and being kind to everyone. Plus he can fly! What’s wrong with that?