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This is a modernism crime-fighting parable inspired by King of New York, City of Industry, Catwoman, and Nighthawks.
Signing off,
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Catwoman (Selina Kyle) surveyed modern NYC every night and very seriously on weekend-nights, looking for evil, trouble, thugs, seediness, and social corruption to thwart(!). Catwoman was never as centered or calm as her male vigilante rival Batman (Bruce Wayne), but since Bruce was on vacation with his new wife Talia, Catwoman decided to take over as NYC's first line of Christian defense (against Satanic anarchy!). Catwoman realized that the real NYC was something like a violence-consciousness rendition of the power-pyramid media-showcase program Dallas (starring Larry Hagman). Catwoman feared NYC was the 'unfulfilled Utopia.'
Catwoman had reason to worry. Capitalism-games had created pockets of warring 'tribes' or merchants of piracy. There were the bootleggers (running opium in speakeasies in the 'style' of the Roaring Twenties), the corrupt Catholic bishops (working with the mafia and corrupt elected officials), the Red Hood crime-syndicate (dedicated for insidious crimes for the sake of anarchy itself!), bands of thugs working as vandals, prostitutes, struggling/suffocating artists lost in the sea of hell, and of course, countless brooding street-cops idling their time away drinking coffee and eating doughnuts! Catwoman wondered what the heck she could do and for a moment considered working alongside Batman.
NYC's mayor (Ted Caesar) was planning to build an ambitious new Catholic high school in the center of Manhattan, and his ambitious 'project' raised eyebrows and gained a lot of attention from the writers at the New York Post. Mayor Caesar envisioned a NYC growing out of the pains of juvenile crime and lackadaisical arts/entertainment through carefully-positioned political statements regarding the human value of ethics and education in a capitalism-geared 'TrumpUSA.' Catwoman found Mayor Caesar to be shrewd, but he had no idea how to deal with the power-struggles between the corrupt Catholic bishops, for example, and the Red Hood gang, power-struggles which would turn the city into an undesirable cauldron!
After the gritty-scrappy underdog Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) defeated the seemingly-indomitable New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, everyone was talking about how and why the Patriots' incredible reign may be at an end. Of course, people postulated on this demise ever since Eli Manning's NY Giants upset the Patriots in two Super Bowls [2008, 2012], but Philadelphia's underdog-hero status really cemented this consciousness into reality. This made New Yorker's a bit 'envious' about the newfound glory-media focus afforded to the Eagles and the city of Philadelphia. Catwoman (Selina Kyle) feared there would be riots in NYC, so she organized three lavish charity-themed parties (with the help of the mayor's daughter) for animal-rights awareness to toast the Eagles' victory (the team's mascot was, after all, the American Bald Eagle!).
Catwoman's Eagles parties in NYC were a big success, and the writers at the New York Post started suggesting that New Yorkers were 'full of heart' watching the underdog Eagles topple the Patriots mystique in a way that perhaps Manning's NY Giants could not do(!). Catwoman realized that carefully-placed social activities designed to create general optimism towards society couture/trends/sports could in fact generate the right tone of civil friendship in a time when media hysteria could turn momentary celebrity (e.g., the Eagles' victory) into unnecessary and juvenile idol-worship (e.g., Tom Brady pornography jokes, graffiti, etc.). Catwoman agreed with Batman that tending to the needs of the modern urban environment required a special focus on the 'toys' of modern civilization...
As Catwoman lay in her Manhattan apartment watching reruns of Dallas, she considered the possibility that all her work would not go in vain. Perhaps power-struggles between pockets of 'volatile groups' in NYC could crystallize into something more human and hence more sane (and less criminal!). Perhaps Catwoman's 'field-work' curbing the day-to-day activities of vandals and thugs would gain the appropriate attention of the writers at the New York Post who just might comment on why and how a woman such as Selina Kyle could and would use vigilantism-oriented idealism to make NYC a haven for exciting competitiveness (instead of a pit for piracy-calculations!).
When Batman (Bruce Wayne) returned from his honeymoon, he read the headlines in the New York Post about the various deeds and antics of Catwoman (Selina Kyle). Batman liked some of what Catwoman was trying to do, but as usual, he wondered if a 'passionate woman' was what New Yorkers wanted (in terms of a guiding-hand). Batman always believed that criminals preferred being arrested by male-cops rather than female-cops (since it was less embarrassing!). However, Batman understood that what Catwoman was trying to do was wrestle out a form of 'Utopian ethics' from a modern American city arguably fraught with anti-Christian mentality (under the 'veil' of 'TrumpUSA'). This was the modern drama...and it was better than Dallas!
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Signing off,
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Catwoman (Selina Kyle) surveyed modern NYC every night and very seriously on weekend-nights, looking for evil, trouble, thugs, seediness, and social corruption to thwart(!). Catwoman was never as centered or calm as her male vigilante rival Batman (Bruce Wayne), but since Bruce was on vacation with his new wife Talia, Catwoman decided to take over as NYC's first line of Christian defense (against Satanic anarchy!). Catwoman realized that the real NYC was something like a violence-consciousness rendition of the power-pyramid media-showcase program Dallas (starring Larry Hagman). Catwoman feared NYC was the 'unfulfilled Utopia.'
Catwoman had reason to worry. Capitalism-games had created pockets of warring 'tribes' or merchants of piracy. There were the bootleggers (running opium in speakeasies in the 'style' of the Roaring Twenties), the corrupt Catholic bishops (working with the mafia and corrupt elected officials), the Red Hood crime-syndicate (dedicated for insidious crimes for the sake of anarchy itself!), bands of thugs working as vandals, prostitutes, struggling/suffocating artists lost in the sea of hell, and of course, countless brooding street-cops idling their time away drinking coffee and eating doughnuts! Catwoman wondered what the heck she could do and for a moment considered working alongside Batman.
NYC's mayor (Ted Caesar) was planning to build an ambitious new Catholic high school in the center of Manhattan, and his ambitious 'project' raised eyebrows and gained a lot of attention from the writers at the New York Post. Mayor Caesar envisioned a NYC growing out of the pains of juvenile crime and lackadaisical arts/entertainment through carefully-positioned political statements regarding the human value of ethics and education in a capitalism-geared 'TrumpUSA.' Catwoman found Mayor Caesar to be shrewd, but he had no idea how to deal with the power-struggles between the corrupt Catholic bishops, for example, and the Red Hood gang, power-struggles which would turn the city into an undesirable cauldron!
After the gritty-scrappy underdog Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) defeated the seemingly-indomitable New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, everyone was talking about how and why the Patriots' incredible reign may be at an end. Of course, people postulated on this demise ever since Eli Manning's NY Giants upset the Patriots in two Super Bowls [2008, 2012], but Philadelphia's underdog-hero status really cemented this consciousness into reality. This made New Yorker's a bit 'envious' about the newfound glory-media focus afforded to the Eagles and the city of Philadelphia. Catwoman (Selina Kyle) feared there would be riots in NYC, so she organized three lavish charity-themed parties (with the help of the mayor's daughter) for animal-rights awareness to toast the Eagles' victory (the team's mascot was, after all, the American Bald Eagle!).
Catwoman's Eagles parties in NYC were a big success, and the writers at the New York Post started suggesting that New Yorkers were 'full of heart' watching the underdog Eagles topple the Patriots mystique in a way that perhaps Manning's NY Giants could not do(!). Catwoman realized that carefully-placed social activities designed to create general optimism towards society couture/trends/sports could in fact generate the right tone of civil friendship in a time when media hysteria could turn momentary celebrity (e.g., the Eagles' victory) into unnecessary and juvenile idol-worship (e.g., Tom Brady pornography jokes, graffiti, etc.). Catwoman agreed with Batman that tending to the needs of the modern urban environment required a special focus on the 'toys' of modern civilization...
As Catwoman lay in her Manhattan apartment watching reruns of Dallas, she considered the possibility that all her work would not go in vain. Perhaps power-struggles between pockets of 'volatile groups' in NYC could crystallize into something more human and hence more sane (and less criminal!). Perhaps Catwoman's 'field-work' curbing the day-to-day activities of vandals and thugs would gain the appropriate attention of the writers at the New York Post who just might comment on why and how a woman such as Selina Kyle could and would use vigilantism-oriented idealism to make NYC a haven for exciting competitiveness (instead of a pit for piracy-calculations!).
When Batman (Bruce Wayne) returned from his honeymoon, he read the headlines in the New York Post about the various deeds and antics of Catwoman (Selina Kyle). Batman liked some of what Catwoman was trying to do, but as usual, he wondered if a 'passionate woman' was what New Yorkers wanted (in terms of a guiding-hand). Batman always believed that criminals preferred being arrested by male-cops rather than female-cops (since it was less embarrassing!). However, Batman understood that what Catwoman was trying to do was wrestle out a form of 'Utopian ethics' from a modern American city arguably fraught with anti-Christian mentality (under the 'veil' of 'TrumpUSA'). This was the modern drama...and it was better than Dallas!
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