An Open Letter To Andrew Klavan

I couldn’t have said it any better than vehicle, Spencer, but I’m ignoring you.

Spencer Spencer Spencer,

Klavan did not rip anything off you. He probably did not even read your article. Though I am not surprised that you are so full of yourself to think he did so. The themes about this film were not unknown to the conservative film crowd. People have been talking about this for months before you showed up to see TDK and got blindsided.

It is also entertaining that all you can do is a short post that is basically nothing more than an ad-hominem.

The TDK is a good film because it is not Liberal Agitprop. Instead of telling us what to think it provokes debate and questions.

First, why “disrespectfully”? That’s petty. Second, why is it apparently acceptable for you to use a comic book to support your theory, but silly for Klavan to use a comic book to support his? Good versus evil is a simple, timeless theme. You’re not the first to analyze it, and won’t be the last. And as long as you and others continue to be consumed with hatred for President Bush, you can never lay claim to an “original” good-versus-evil critique of President Bush, however nuanced you try to make it. Both you and Klavan imposed your world views on a story that was designed to be ambiguous, in terms of morality, motivation, protagonist/antagonist, etc. That’s what makes it a great movie, whatever your world view happens to be. But I find your hubris suffocating, in insisting that yours is the correct interpretation of the story. How very George Bush of you. As with Batman, there will come a time when we no longer need George Bush. And also like Batman, when that time comes, the heavy lifting will have been done. What will you do when you no longer have President Bush to direct your anger toward? Who will you paint as the enemy then? Will you be done hating your father for not having paid enough attention to you as a child?

First, why “disrespectfully”? That's petty. Second, why is it apparently acceptable for you to use a comic book to support your theory, but silly for Klavan to use a comic book to support his? Good versus evil is a simple, timeless theme. You're not the first to analyze it, and won't be the last. And as long as you and others continue to be consumed with hatred for President Bush, you can never lay claim to an “original” good-versus-evil critique of President Bush, however nuanced you try to make it. Both you and Klavan imposed your world views on a story that was designed to be ambiguous, in terms of morality, motivation, protagonist/antagonist, etc. That's what makes it a great movie, whatever your world view happens to be. But I find your hubris suffocating, in insisting that yours is the correct interpretation of the story. How very George Bush of you. As with Batman, there will come a time when we no longer need George Bush. And also like Batman, when that time comes, the heavy lifting will have been done. What will you do when you no longer have President Bush to direct your anger toward? Who will you paint as the enemy then? Will you be done hating your father for not having paid enough attention to you as a child?

Spencer Spencer Spencer,

Klavan did not rip anything off you. He probably did not even read your article. Though I am not surprised that you are so full of yourself to think he did so. The themes about this film were not unknown to the conservative film crowd. People have been talking about this for months before you showed up to see TDK and got blindsided.

It is also entertaining that all you can do is a short post that is basically nothing more than an ad-hominem.

The TDK is a good film because it is not Liberal Agitprop. Instead of telling us what to think it provokes debate and questions.

I couldn't have said it any better than vehicle, Spencer, but I'm ignoring you.