Harrison Bergeron

(idea) by PFC (?) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:10:25

A beautiful story from Kurt Vonnegut's short story collection "Welcome to the Monkey House". Set in the future when the most powerful government official is the Handicapper General. Anyone smart, beautiful, talented, athletic, etc. is forced to wear masks, heavy weights, et al. so the less fortunate people don't feel less fortunate. An unexpected ending, too. Read the story. Heck, just get the whole book.

(idea) by BaldGhoti (4.9 mon) (print) ? 1 C! I like it! Sat Jan 19 2002 at 1:38:02

A made-for-HBO movie directed by Bruce Pittman, based on the Kurt Vonnegut novel of the same name. Starred Sean Astin in the title role, Eugene Levy, Howie Mandel, and Christopher Plummer.

When I was about fifteen or so, I saw it at a friend's house. I remember thinking "This is the best movie ever".

Later, I rented it from the local Blockbuster. It was a terrible movie. Bad acting, low budget.

Many years later, it isn't my virginity that I look back on--I now look back on that day as the day I realized that I was now a man.

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Welcome to the Monkey House	Kurt Vonnegut books made into movies	Take these shackles off my feet so I can dance	The Everything People Registry : Hell
Slaughterhouse Five	Brave New World	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	oral virgin
We Didn't Go to Harvard	Hocus Pocus	Jewtown	Bacon and the Rise of Civilization
The City	She kissed me gently, just once, then walked away crying	A joke about dealing with people	flag burning amendment
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater	Kurt Vonnegut	reductio ad absurdum	Go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut
Socialism	If it barks like a fish, it must be a duck	The Library Book	The Children's Story... (but not just for children)

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