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Corporate salesman Steve Butler (Matt Damon) arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason (McDormand). With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief.

What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (Krasinski) who counters Steve both personally and professionally. Gus Van Sant has tackled a number of political and social issues in his movies. 'Promised Land' looks at the issue of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking. Matt Damon plays an executive from an energy company trying to convince a town to allow the process in their vicinity. Meanwhile, an environmentalist tries to convince people otherwise. I have liked most of Van Sant's movies, and it's good that this movie is addressing a process that has devastated entire regions.

Indeed, the fracking industry criticized the movie's depiction of the process as destructive (surprise, surprise). Unfortunately, what happens at the end does not seem realistic. It reminded me of what happens in Bill Forsyth's 'Local Hero'. Other than that the movie is a perceptive character study of Damon's amoral exec, the sort of man who's totally in it for the money.

Mostly a good movie, understanding that what happens at the end probably wouldn't happen in real life.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Description [ ] A shmoo is shaped like a plump with stubby legs. It has smooth skin, eyebrows and sparse whiskers—but no arms, nose or ears. Its feet are short and round but dextrous, as the shmoo's adventures make clear.

It has a rich gamut of facial expressions and often expresses love by exuding hearts over its head. Al Capp ascribed to the shmoo the following curious characteristics: • They and are incredibly prolific, multiplying exponentially faster than rabbits. They require no sustenance other than air. • Shmoos are delicious to eat, and are eager to be eaten. If a human looks at one hungrily, it will happily immolate itself — either by jumping into a frying pan, after which they taste like chicken, or into a broiling pan, after which they taste like steak.

When roasted they taste like pork, and when baked they taste like catfish. (Raw, they taste like on the half-shell.) • They also produce eggs (neatly packaged), milk (bottled, grade-A), and butter—no churning required. Their pelts make perfect bootleather or house timber, depending on how thick one slices it. • They have no bones, so there's absolutely no waste. Their eyes make the best buttons, and their make perfect toothpicks. In short, they are simply the perfect ideal of a subsistence agricultural herd animal. • Naturally gentle, they require minimal care, and are ideal playmates for young children.

The frolicking of shmoon is so entertaining (such as their staged 'shmoosical comedies') that people no longer feel the need to watch television or go to the. • Some of the more tasty varieties of shmoo are more difficult to catch. Usually shmoo hunters, now a sport in some parts of the country, utilize a paper bag, flashlight and stick to capture their shmoos.

At night the light stuns them, then they can be whacked in the head with the stick and put in the bag for frying up later on. The original story [ ]. In a sequence beginning in late August 1948, Li'l Abner discovers the shmoos when he ventures into the forbidden 'Valley of the Shmoon' following the mysterious and musical sound they make (from which their name derives).

Abner is thrown off a cliff and into the valley below by a primitive 'large gal' (as he addresses her), whose job is to guard the valley. (This character is never seen again.) There, against the frantic protestations of a naked, heavily bearded old man who shepherds the shmoos, Abner befriends the strange and charming creatures. 'Shmoos,' the old man warns, 'is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known!' 'Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?' Asks Li'l Abner. 'No, stupid', answers the man — and then encapsulates one of life's profound: 'It's because they's so good!!' Having discovered their value ('Wif these around, nobody won't nevah havta work no more!!'

), Abner leads the shmoos out of the valley — where they become a sensation in and, quickly, the rest of the world. Captains of industry such as J. Roaringham Fatback, the 'Pork King', become alarmed as sales of nearly all products decline, and in a series of images reminiscent of the, the 'Shmoo Crisis' unfolds.

On Fatback's orders, a corrupt exterminator orders out 'Shmooicide Squads' to wipe out the shmoos with a variety of firearms, which is depicted in a macabre and comically graphic sequence, with a tearful Li'l Abner misguidedly saluting the supposed 'authority' of the extermination squads. After the shmoos have been eliminated, Dogpatch's extortionate grocer Soft-Hearted John is seen cackling as he displays his wares—rotting meat and produce: 'Now them mizzuble starvin' rats has t'come crawlin t'me fo' the necessities o' life!! They complained 'bout mah prices befo'!!

Wait'll they see th' new ones!!' The exterminator congratulates him.

However, it is soon discovered that Abner has secretly saved two shmoos, a 'boy' and a 'girl'. The boy shmoo, as a Dogpatch native, is required to run from the girl shmoo in the annual race. (Shmoos are usually portrayed as gender-neutral, although Capp sidesteps this issue to allow the comic plot twist.) When he is caught by her, in accordance with the rules of the race, they are joined in marriage by Marryin' Sam (whom they 'pay' with a dozen eggs, two pounds of butter and six cupcakes with chocolate frosting — all of which Sam reckons to be worth about 98 cents). The already expanding shmoo family is last seen returning towards the Valley of the Shmoon. The sequence, which ended just before of 1948, was massively popular, both as a commentary on the state of society and a classic of greed and corruption tarnishing all that is good and innocent in the world.

The Shmoo caused an unexpected national sensation, and set the stage for a major licensing phenomenon. In their very few subsequent appearances in Li'l Abner, shmoos are also identified by the as a major threat to. Analysis [ ] The Shmoo, any literate person must know, was one of history's most brilliant satires. —, 2002 'Capp is at his best in the epics of the Shmoos, and later, the Kigmies,' wrote comic strip historian (in The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art, 1974). 'Shmoos are the world's most amiable creatures, supplying all man's needs. Like a myth gone berserk, they reproduced so prodigiously they threatened to wreck the economy'—if not as we know it, and ultimately itself.

Al Capp offered his version of the origin of the Shmoo in a wryly satirical article, 'I Don't Like Shmoos,' in (June 1949): I was driving from New York City to my farm in. The top of my car was down, and on either side of me I could see the lush and lovely countryside. It was the good earth at its generous summertime best, offering gifts to all. And the thought that came to me was this: Here we have this great and good and generous thing—the Earth. It's eager to give us everything we need. All we have to do is just let it alone, just be happy with it. Cartoonists don't think like people.

They think in pictures. Little pictures that will fit into a comic strip. And so, in my mind, I reduced the Earth. Down to the size of a small critter that would fit into the Li'l Abner strip—and it came out a Shmoo. I didn't have any message—except that it's good to be alive.

The Shmoo didn't have any social significance; it is simply a juicy li'l critter that gives milk and lays eggs. When you look at one as though you'd like to eat it, it dies of sheer ecstasy. And if one really loves you, it'll lay you a —although this is quite a strain on its li'l innards. I thought it was a perfectly ordinary little story, but when it appeared in newspapers, all hell broke loose! Life, in an editorial, hailed the Shmoo as the very symbol and spirit of. Time said I'd invented a new era of enlightened management-employee relationship, (they called it Capp-italism.) cussed me out as a Tool of the Bosses, and denounced the Shmoo as the Superficially, the Shmoo story concerns a cuddly creature that desires nothing more than to be a boon to mankind. Although initially Capp denied or avoided discussion of any satirical intentions (“If the Shmoo fits,” he proclaimed, “wear it!”), he was widely seen to be stalking bigger game.

The story has, and implications that continue to invite analysis to this day. During the remainder of his life, Capp was seldom interviewed without reference to the nature of the Shmoo story. The mythic tale ends on a deliberately note. Shmoos are officially declared a menace, and systematically hunted down and slaughtered—because they were deemed 'bad for business.' The much-copied storyline was a that was interpreted in many different ways at the outset of the.

Al Capp was even invited to go on a radio show to debate on the effect of the Shmoo on modern. 'After it came out both the left and the right attacked the Shmoo,' according to publisher. ' thought he was making fun of socialism and. The thought he was making fun of capitalism and. Capp caught flak from both sides. Laxmi Ganesh Photo Free Download. For him it was an about.

I think [the Shmoo] was one of those bursts of genius. He was a genius, there's no question about that.' The Shmoo inspired hundreds of 'Shmoo clubs' all over North America. College students—who had made Capp's invented idea of the a universally adopted tradition—flocked to the Shmoo as well.

One school, the, even launched the 'American Society for the Advancement of the Shmoo' in early 1949. Capp introduced many other allegorical creatures in Li'l Abner over the years—including, Kigmies, Nogoodniks, Mimikniks, the Money Ha-Ha, Shminks, Abominable Snow-Hams, Gobbleglops and Bashful Bulganiks, among others. Each one highlighted another disquieting facet of human nature—but none have ever had quite the same cultural impact as the Shmoo. According to publisher Denis Kitchen: 'For the rest of his career Capp got countless letters [from] people begging him to bring the Shmoo back.

Periodically he would do it but each time it ended the same way—with the Shmoo being too good for humanity, and he had to essentially exterminate them again. But there was always one or two who would survive for future plot twists.' Etymology [ ] The actual origin of Capp's word 'shmoo' has been the subject of debate by for decades, leading to the misconception that the term was derived from ' or '.' However, 'shmue' was a term for the. It is one of many Yiddish slang variations that would find their way into Li'l Abner.

Revealing an important key to the story, Al Capp himself wrote that the Shmoo metaphorically represented the limitless bounty of the earth in all its richness—in essence, herself. In Li'l Abner's words, 'Shmoos hain't make believe.

The hull [whole] earth is one!!' In science [ ] The term 'shmoo' has entered the English language, defining highly technical concepts in at least four separate fields of: • ' is a technical term relating to the graphical display of test results in, dating back at least to 1966. The name most likely arose because the shape of the two-dimensional plots often resembled a shmoo. The term is also a verb: to 'shmoo' means to run the test. • In, the shmoo's uncanny resemblance to budding —combined with its near-limitless usefulness—has led to the character's adoption as a mascot of sorts for scientists studying yeast as a for and.

In fact, the cellular bulge that is produced by a yeast cell as a response to a pheromone from the opposite mating type (either a or α) is referred to as a 'shmoo,' because cells that are undergoing mating and present this particular structure resemble the cartoon character. The whole process is known to biologists as 'shmooing.'

Shmoos are essential; without them, we would have neither nor. The word 'shmoo' has appeared in nearly 700 science publications since 1974; it is used in labs studying the bread- and beer-making species, (Source: magazine, November 2007). • It has been used in discussions of, for instance. In, a is any material good which is produced through labor (extracted, refined, manufactured, or assembled) from a finite resource—in contrast to a 'shmoo,' which is a material good that reproduces itself and is captured or bred as an economic activity (the original shmoo reproduces without requiring any material sustenance). 'If shmoos really existed, they would be a '.'

Uses the 'parable of the shmoo' to introduce discussion of class structure and economics. • biologists use 'shmoo' (often spelled 'schmoo') to refer to a very simple, highly derived, blob-shaped found in some (e.g. • In the field of, 'shmoo' refers to a high energy survey instrument utilized at the for the Sky Survey performed at the LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility) grounds.

Over one hundred white 'shmoo' detectors were at one time sprinkled around the accelerator beamstop area and adjacent mesa to capture subatomic cosmic ray particles emitted from the. The detectors housed and in an array that gave the detector its distinctive shmoo shape. The particle accelerator at houses superconducting magnets which produce ice formations that also resembled shmoos. • The shmoo has been suggested as a hypothetical example of the potential of as a key driving mechanism of. Licensing history [ ] Of course, it was merchandised to death.

I think they even had shmoo toilet seats. — Al Capp, Cartoonist PROfiles #37, March 1978 An unexpected—and virtually unprecedented—postwar merchandising phenomenon followed Capp's introduction of the Shmoo in Li'l Abner. As in the strip, shmoos suddenly appeared to be everywhere in 1949 and 1950—including a cover story. They also garnered nearly a full page of coverage (under 'Economics') in Time's International section.

Major articles also ran in,, and countless other publications and newspapers. Virtually overnight, as a Life headline put it, 'The U.S. Becomes Shmoo-Struck!'

Toys and consumer products [ ]. A child in West Berlin holding a toy Shmoo and sitting on a (October 1948) Shmoo dolls, clocks, watches, jewelry, earmuffs, wallpaper, fishing lures, air fresheners, soap, ice cream, balloons, ashtrays, toys, games, masks, salt and pepper shakers, decals, pinbacks, tumblers, coin banks, greeting cards, planters, neckties, suspenders, belts, curtains, fountain pens and other shmoo paraphernalia were produced. A garment factory in turned out a whole line of shmoo apparel, including 'Shmooveralls.' In 1948, people danced to the Shmoo and the Shmoo. The Shmoo briefly entered everyday language through such phrases as 'What's Shmoo?' And 'Happy Shmoo Year!' Close to a hundred licensed shmoo products from 75 different manufacturers were produced in less than a year, some of which sold five million units each.

In a single year, shmoo merchandise generated over $25,000,000 in sales—in 1948 dollars, that is. Adjusted for using the (CPI), that would be the equivalent of $215 million in 2007.

There had never previously been anything like it. Comparisons to contemporary cultural phenomena are inevitable. But modern crazes are almost always due to massive marketing campaigns by large media corporations, and are generally aimed at the youth market. The Shmoo phenomenon arose immediately, spontaneously and solely from cartoonist Al Capp's daily comic strip—and it appealed widely to Americans of all ages. Forty million people read the original 1948 Shmoo story, and Capp's already considerable readership roughly doubled following the overwhelming success of the Shmoo. — Denis Kitchen The Shmoo was so popular it even replaced 's as the face of the Children's, issued by the in 1949.

The valid document was colorfully illustrated with Capp's character, and promoted by the with a $16 million advertising campaign budget. According to one article at the time, the Shmoo showed 'Thrift, loyalty, trust, duty, truth and common cents [that] add up to aid to his nation.' Al Capp accompanied President at the bond's unveiling ceremony. Comic books and reprints [ ] The Life and Times of the Shmoo (1948), a paperback collection of the original sequence, was a bestseller for and became the first cartoon book to achieve serious literary attention.

Distributed to small town magazine racks, it sold 700,000 copies in its first year of publication alone. It was reviewed coast to coast alongside 's (the other big publication at the time). The original book and its sequel, The Return of the Shmoo (1959), have been collected in print many times since—most recently in 2002—always to high sales figures.

(Source: The Shmoo Fact Sheet, deniskitchen.com) There was also a separate line of, Al Capp's Shmoo Comics (featuring Washable Jones), published by the Capp family-owned. Comics historian and Li'l Abner expert recently edited a complete collection of all five original Shmoo Comics, from 1949 and 1950. The book was published by in 2008. Kitchen edited a second Shmoo-related volume for Dark Horse in 2011, on the history of the character in newspaper strips, collectibles and memorabilia. Recordings and sheet music [ ] Recordings and published related to the Shmoo include. Shmoo 78rpm disc • The Shmoo Sings with Earl Rogers (1948) 78 rpm / Allegro • The Shmoo Club b/w The Shmoo Is Clean, the Shmoo Is Neat with Gerald Marks and Justin Stone (1949) 78 rpm / Music You Enjoy, Inc. • The Snuggable, Huggable Shmoo b/w The Shmoo Doesn't Cost a Cent with Gerald Marks and Justin Stone (1949) 78 rpm / Music You Enjoy, Inc.

• Shmoo Lesson b/w A Shmoo Can Do Most Anything with Gerald Marks and Justin Stone (1949) 78 rpm / Music You Enjoy, Inc. • The Shmoo Song (1948) Composed by & John Jacob Loeb / Harvey Music Corp. • Shmoo Songs (1949) Composed by / Bristol Music Corp. • The Kigmy Song (1949) Composed by Joe Rosenield & Fay Tishman / Town and Country Music Co. Viva Pinata Trouble In Paradise Xbox 360 Free Download. Animation and puppetry [ ] Shmoos were originally meant to be included in the 1956, employing stage. The idea was reportedly abandoned in the development stage by the producers, however, for reasons of practicality. A variation of the character had earlier appeared as a puppet on television.

'Shmoozer,' a talking shmoo with an anthropomorphic human body, was a recurring character on, a short-lived puppet series that aired on NBC-TV in 1952. After Capp's death in 1979, the Shmoo gained its own as part of (which consisted of reruns of mixed with the Shmoo's own cartoons; the two pairs of characters didn't actually 'meet'). The characters did meet, however, in the early 1980s Flintstones spinoff. The Shmoo appeared, incongruously, in the segment Bedrock Cops as a police officer alongside part-time officers and.

Needless to add, this Shmoo had little relationship to the L'il Abner character, other than a superficial appearance. A later venture,, featured the character as an (inexplicably) shape-shifting mascot of Mighty Mysteries Comics, a group of teens who solve -like mysteries. In this series the Shmoo could magically 'morph' into any shape at will—like. None of these revisionist revivals of the venerable character was particularly successful. In popular culture [ ] •, who was frequently spoofed by Al Capp in Li'l Abner, has a line in the musical (1949) about cops 'multiplyin' like shmoos!' • refers to owning a ceramic shmoo, which she threw out of her window after reading the books of.

• In the 1990 movie, the character Crutch wins a stuffed shmoo at a carnival. • In the TV episode 'Who Knew?,' (played by ) displays an inflatable shmoo toy in his office that he purchased for his grandson. • In 's stories, an alien species known as the, also edible and intelligent, is described as being 'smooth as a shmoo.' • In the novel by, 'Shmoo' is the name humans give to the race of that visits Earth, due to their similar shape. • Some overlapping similarities exist between shmoos and —the multitudinous alien creatures featured in a 1967 TV episode from the.

Like shmoos, tribbles also reproduced at such an alarming rate, they threatened ecological disaster. However, —who wrote '—drew his inspiration from an actual event: Australia's environmentally destructive overpopulation.

• The characters Gleep and Gloop—two protoplastic creatures from the series —were clearly inspired by (and are sometimes mistaken for) shmoos. • French artists and David Jourdan have written 'Economie de l'abondance ou La courte vie et les jours heureux,' a new adventure of from, based on the discovery by Jacques of the Shmoo. • In the 2006 film, the character known only as 'The Boss' (played by ) refers to the Shmoo, recounting its original features as a source of plenty (in a monologue taken from an old Li'l Abner comic). • The political philosopher used the story of the Shmoo to illustrate his objections to capitalism in an episode of Opinions. • uses a statue of the Shmoo to replace the giant phallic statue from the film in the episode '. • In the North American version video game, there is an enemy monster called ' Schmoo' (in the original Japanese version it is an called ' Kyuu' a homage to the character in manga, ) which is apparently a homage to The Shmoo. Schmoo appear in the Forbidden Library and killing one may result in obtaining the rare sword ' Crissaegrim' (its rare item drop), one of the most powerful swords in the game.

• During the Soviet Union's blockade of, Germany in 1948, candy-filled shmoos were air-dropped to hungry West Berliners from transport planes by America's 17th Military Airport Squadron. The commanders of the Berlin airlift had cabled Capp, requesting the inflatable shmoos as part of Operation: Little Vittles. 'When the candy-chocked shmoos were dropped, a near-riot resulted.' • Shmoos invaded the, as challenger accused incumbent of 'promising everything, including the Shmoo!'

• Capp periodically reintroduced the Shmoos in Li'l Abner, sometimes with significant variations. 'Bad' Shmoos (called 'Nogoodniks') debuted in a series of Sunday strips in 1949. The nasty cousin of the good-natured Shmoo, Nogoodniks were a sickly shade of green, and had 'li'l red eyes, sharp yaller teeth, an' a dirty look.'

Frequently sporting, eye patches, scars, bandages and other ruffian attributes—they devoured 'good' Shmoos, were the sworn enemies of 'hoomanity,' and wreaked havoc on Dogpatch. In the 80s based ABC sitcom, The Goldbergs, Beverley Goldberg endearingly refers to her beloved kids as Shmoos. References [ ]. • Michael Pakenham (2002-11-29).. Baltimore Sun.

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