Apparently The Smurfs have been accused of being anti-semitic communists living in a totalitarian utopia.
It bears mentioning — since we’re reading Plato’s Republic for the next podcast — that each Smurf is named for what they do best.
— Wes
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Apparently The Smurfs have been accused of being anti-semitic communists living in a totalitarian utopia.
It bears mentioning — since we’re reading Plato’s Republic for the next podcast — that each Smurf is named for what they do best.
— Wes
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“A Clockwork Orange” soundtrack!
Gargamel. Is he a Jew?
That’s always been my interpretation. A homogenous society trying to maintain purity and order threatened by a dark haired, schnozzy figure. Pick your pre-war European propaganda and compare…
It bears mentioning — since we’re reading Plato’s Republic for the next podcast — that each Smurf is named for what they do best.
I had no idea The Smurfs was so racy! I’ll never be able to look at Papa Smurf in the same way again.
First of all, Papa Smurf didn’t create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel’s evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn’t happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don’t even have… reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It’s just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what’s the point of living… if you don’t have a dick?
From Donnie Darko