Senator Sanders as Jonathan E. (lol)

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But there’s a problem with Bernie’s celebrity. He’s a star in an endeavor that is supposed to celebrate the power of the party over the individual. Nervous of what Bernie might come to symbolize, the corporations that control politics put pressure on Bernie to leave. When he flatly refuses, DWS starts to tinker with the rules in order to make the game more rigged than ever. If Bernie is marginalized, DWS reasons, his role as individualist hero will die with him.

Lol, paraphrasing a bit the original, from the link below.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/rollerball/33154/rollerball-the-hunger-games-of-the-mid-1970s

I was originally browsing the script of Rollerball for some good quotes.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/rollerball-script-transcript-james-caan.html

They're there, but I ended up on the site I linked to, and was amused by the similarity between wanting Sanders to leave the race, and Jonathan E. to leave the game.

Spoiler alert!

Didn't end well for the corporate overlords.

P.S. Unlike Bernie, Jonathan E. wasn't really all that likable (he was a killer). He was a real anti-hero, and it's what he fights against that has you root for him.

This thread is just fluff, I know, but I don't know where else to put it where it could just provide some amusement. Hopefully it generates some chuckles.