Re: [BNW] Death of a Campaign

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> >I'd have to dig a little deeper to find the section of the background 
>that
> >talks about Delta/media endorsements.  I'm not even sure what book it's 
>in.
> >But it's there, just because it struck us as so odd after all the lengths
> >gone to to pain Deltas in general (unless you're government or Triumph
> >lackeys) as having a lousy lot in life.  Unfortunately, I don't have time 
>at
> >the moment.
>
>Think about Miller's Batman:  The Dark Knight Returns.
>The only superhero allowed to operate is the one who has agreed to be
>completely under government authority.  Everyone else had to retire or
>disappear - or were retired - because of the "hate and jealousy of the
>small people".
>

I understand the point, and in general I understand the concept in BNW.  
It's the "media endorsement" thing that, as I originally stated, I don't 
follow.  If the small people have "hate and jealousy", would they have 
bought, say, The Flash as a sneaker-endorsement celebrity in the Miller/Dark 
Knight universe?

As I recall, even Superman (who is a government-authority type) is hated and 
feared in Miller's universe. As are Delta Primers, apparently.  And that 
makes perfect sense to me.

If you'll pardon a somewhat tasteless comparison, it's kinda like if Hitler 
were trying to use Jewish celebrities to sell products to the German public 
at the same time he was making speeches against them and shipping them off 
to camps.


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