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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 671 | | number = 671 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = 2009-12-04 |
| title = Stephen and Me | | title = Stephen and Me | ||
− | | image = | + | | image = stephen_and_me.png |
| titletext = Hey, let go! We were all thinking it! Someone had to speak truth to power! | | titletext = Hey, let go! We were all thinking it! Someone had to speak truth to power! | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is a reference to the 1989 documentary ' | + | This is a reference to the 1989 documentary 'Roger & Me', in which director Michael Moore attempted to confront General Motors CEO Roger E. Smith over the company's closure of factories in his home town of Flint, Michigan. Moore uses the documentary to demonstrate his belief that the factory closures had a crippling effect on the local economy, and his objective is to ask the CEO pointedly about GM's disregard for the lives effected by their business decisions. |
− | In | + | In the strip, Beret Guy mirrors Moore's determination to speak with the CEO of an auto company (in this case, Volvo), only to reveal that his burning question is actually trivial and juvenile in nature. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Beret Guy is speaking into a | + | :[Beret Guy is speaking into a mic in front of a sign that says Volvo Cars. A woman is filming him, and another is walking by with a briefcase.] |
:Beret Guy: I'm documenting my quest to meet with the CEO of Volvo. | :Beret Guy: I'm documenting my quest to meet with the CEO of Volvo. | ||
− | : | + | :Businesswoman: Get lost. |
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− | + | :[Security guards are attempting to restrain Beret Guy and the camerawoman.] | |
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:Beret Guy: Wait! I've come so far! Just let me see him! | :Beret Guy: Wait! I've come so far! Just let me see him! | ||
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− | :[They've reached the CEO | + | :[They've reached the CEO's desk, which has the Volvo logo on it.] |
:CEO: All right, you've reached me. What is it you want to talk about? | :CEO: All right, you've reached me. What is it you want to talk about? | ||
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:Beret Guy: Do you realize how much your company's name sounds like "vulva"? | :Beret Guy: Do you realize how much your company's name sounds like "vulva"? | ||
:CEO: Security? | :CEO: Security? | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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