In Havana, where "Superman" is a common term of enviable male endowment, just about everyone enjoyed the cartoon.Cuban sex star Superman’s prodigious manhood.
There were several highly recommended and widely promoted sex shows in town but we couldn't afford them. Henry, yet again, came to the rescue. Since I was a newspaper reporter, he might be able to arrange that we meet the fabled "Superman," indefatigable star of the best of all the sex shows. I would of course be expected to write a favorable interview for the American press, mostly about "Superman," but with prominent mentions of Henry.
Always up for a good story, I agreed with alacrity. In an old and totally empty theater one morning, we were ushered up onto the stage to be joined by "Superman," an affable, handsome but sleepy-eyed young Cuban, barefoot but in well-tailored tan gabardine slacks and a white shirt draped over his shoulders. He had a little English and I interviewed him about the secrets of his sex appeal and staying power. Of course the story would appear on all the New York front pages and, surely Hollywood would be taking careful note.
When we parted, he shook hands. That handshake was the limpest I had ever experienced. Clearly, "Superman" was conserving his strength for the evening's performances.
The Cuban "entertainer" known as "Superman" was a real individual who appeared in various night clubs and casinos from the late forties until Castro came to power. Superman, for lack of a better euphemism, was a "live sex performer." He was an incredibly well endowed man, incredibly. Superman was included in that scene in "Godfather II" to show how hedonistic Havana was before Castro came to power. Michael never approved of Fredo's lifestyle, which was one of the many things that became a wedge between the two, and there is also a reference in the Godfather to Fredo "banging cocktail waitresses two at a time," which was also something else of which Michael did not approve. Tradition vs hedonism is one of the many tropes about morality in the Godfather trilogy (so is the Corleone's Family's refusal to deal heroin in "The Godfather" because Vito Corleone considers dealing drugs a "dirty business."
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