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YOSSARIAN · 19th July 2006, 08:14 PM

Going Postal is more about the story of a likable rogue's redemption than it is a satire of free-market capitalism. Reducing the "villians" to stereotypes shifts the story from a satire to something more character driven. If the intent of the story was to satirize all-encompassing greed, then I agree he botched the job. If the greed-demons from the IMF/World Bank resembled the caricatures in Going Postal, maybe they wouldn't be doing such a good job of stealing the world's infastructure.

19th July 2006, 08:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
YOSSARIAN Enjoy the Era Vulgaris Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 282	Re: What did you think, really, of Going Postal? Going Postal is more about the story of a likable rogue's redemption than it is a satire of free-market capitalism. Reducing the "villians" to stereotypes shifts the story from a satire to something more character driven. If the intent of the story was to satirize all-encompassing greed, then I agree he botched the job. If the greed-demons from the IMF/World Bank resembled the caricatures in Going Postal, maybe they wouldn't be doing such a good job of stealing the world's infastructure.