Okay, taking a break from typing the Mind Crushing Papers of Doom.
It hit me recently that American politics right now is paralleling certain movies.
My first choice was Rocky IV. I mean, seriously… I find it odd that nobody in Washington on 9/12 had a sign with Ivan Drago staring at Pelosi with the caption “I must BREAK you.” Underdog fights a superhuman who has the backing of the powerful and he wins. Perfect parallel with modern politics.
But then I hit on the one character who embodies the American voter perfectly– Robocop.
Think about it– Catholic family man doing a job he loves, keeping his city from going totally crazy, who gets killed by a drug dealer with a racially balanced crew. Family man comes back from the dead with a shiny new body and proceeds to bring Truth, Justice, and The American Way to said gang, and then goes after the company who built him.
For a second installment, he goes after a drug dealer with a messianic complex. Gets hurt on the job and is denied comp pay. His bosses try to turn him into a tame dog; he responds by doing a little self introspection with the help of a few thousand volts. Proceeds to hunt down and destroy Drug Messiah, who has become the embodiment of “abuse of power.”
And of course, Red Dawn. Wolverines!
