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What? 01: “If Smallville (a WB Network show about the early life of Superman) had aired during another era, the scriptwriters would have been blacklisted and tried by the House un-American Activities Committee... It is true, in the first few episodes, all evil hails from the meteor rocks that accompanied Clark (Superman’s human alias) on his voyage to Earth. But in short order, the plot turns its attentions to the dangers emanating from the booming metropolis of Metropolis... In its persistent indictment of all that is urban, “Smallville” teaches that capitalism should be feared and distrusted. Its residents persistently battle the possibility that all of their cherished human qualities - their desire to work hard, love deeply, be true - can be sold for money. This is the oldest Communist fear in the book...” Gustav Peebles in “The Believer” magazinee, reported in the New York Times, 13 December, 2003 “I appreciate people’s opinions, but I’m more interested in news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources, and the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what’s happening in the world.” President G.W. Bush, AP, 22 September, 2003 Right: False cop. Presidio, San Francisco, California. |