Portraying Mr. Obama as The Joker from the most recent Batman movie is racist and hateful. The same of Mr. Bush, not so much. I wonder if it would be worth the effort to compose (being respectful of copyright) a variety of politicians as villains. Throwing all ideology aside, there could be Barney Frank as Stephen King’s Pennywise, John McCain as Norman Bates (done as a movie poster so the connection could be made), Arlan Specter as Two-Face, and Rahm Emanuel as Alex de Large.

Course, I usually just think of these things and don’t act on them.

MOVIEGUIDE® has asked the Motion Picture Association of America to drop it’s rating system, which has blurred a good bit over the years. They are asking folks to sign a petition to this effect as well.

You may not have known his name, but you certainly remember his face. Red-haired, fat, aggressively ugly, John Quade generally played villains during his Hollywood career. Remember the leader of the Comancheros in “The Outlaw Josey Wales?” Remember the motorcycle gang leader in “Any Which Way But Loose?” Remember Sheriff Biggs in “Roots?” That was John Quade. He has died, I’ve just learned.

He was also a Christian convert who involved himself in somewhat radical antigovernment movements, according to his Wikipedia article.

The photo is from the live performances of Ben Hur, in stadiums, with chariot races.