I may be mistooken, but I think David Lynch used Smithee's moniker when he was unpleased (and rightfully so) with the final cut of _Dune_, the last film he made over which he did not retain complete directorial control and final cut. Is Smithee (a forger? the commonest name?) just part of the wider phenomenon of contemporary refusal of accountability for one's actions/ decisions? Hmm... one for a list that revels more in analyzing stuff to death... Off to grade 600 midterms -- Amy Amy Nelson Department of English Rutgers University [log in to unmask]