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November 22, 2004

Hmmm... Good Point

From Virginia Postrel about the Incredibles:

It’s not, in fact, a particularly political movie, and it’s certainly not “Randian,” as both critics and followers of Objectivism have suggested. The most classically Randian character, a brilliant, ambitious inventor and would-be capitalist with red hair, is the villain.

Well, she’s right, its not an Ayn Rand movie. I still liked it though.

What it actually reminded me of is this Harlan Ellison story about a world where everyone by law has to be mediocre, and the hero is the exceptional man who has to carry around 200 lbs of weights everywhere he goes. I think he stages a revolution, I can’t remember. I can’t remember the name of the story unfortunately.

So it reminded me of that story more then Ayn Rand.

Posted by the at November 22, 2004 9:21 AM

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Could you possibly be thinking of “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut? (I had to go googling for it. It’s posted at http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2004/10/17/harrison_bergeron.html

Posted by: Dave Shearon at November 23, 2004 5:01 PM

Doh! Yeah, that was it. Vonnegut not Ellision.

Still a great story though.

Posted by: Opinionated Bastard [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 23, 2004 8:11 PM