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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:22 AM
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It's just MEET JOHN DOE (Welcome to post-modern Hell)
Edited on Sat Oct-18-08 10:22 AM by Kurt_and_Hunter
Frank Capra's most sinister depression era (pre-WWII) film, MEET JOHN DOE, is about how a group of fascists/plutocrats pick some out of work guy, write his speeches and present him as the hero-symbol of the American average man. He founds the John Doe movement which sweeps the nation. The bad guys want him to announce the formation of a third party with the top creep as the nominee.

Everything since 1980 (Reagan) has been a rehash of some antique cliche.

It's like reality was hit by a writer's strike.




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033891/
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