this is the single most brilliant insight i've ever acquired about a movie on the internet. email seems to be useful for something, after all. for awhile i thought you were joking, but it all makes sense. this is going up on my wall. -myron On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Michael Haas wrote: > Dorothy = prototype of the naive public > Toto = prohibitionists > The parallel with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is striking. Jimmy Stewart > articulates righteous indignation, but admits that political mobilization to > bring about a more democratic politics is hopeless in a Washington owned by > the vested interests. > In my opinion, Eddy Murphy's The Distinguished Gentleman is a more candid > satire of the realities of Washington. > Michael Haas __________________________________________________________________________ http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~mws4c/me.html I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying. -Woody Allen ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]