[UA] Commie Smurfs

[Alex Lampros]

I guess a lot of you already knew this, but the creator of the Smurf was a 
Communist.  The Smurfs were created as a Communist analogy.  Papa Smurf 
was the Communist party, dispensing wisdom and helping out when the 
Proletariat got in trouble.  (remember his red hat?)  Their was only one 
Smurfette because the Communists believed in abolishing relationships as a 
way of emancipating women - if everyone 'shares each other' it becomes 
harder to treat women as property.  The bad guy (Gargamel) was always 
after the smurfs because he didn't them as part of his magical formula to 
create gold.

Someone who might actually know told me that this is actually established, 
that the guy who invented the Smurfs (who was French, incidentally) was 
actually known as a Socialist.  It could still be something some graduate 
student dreamed up while high.  But I suspect its true.

Just thought I'd share,

Alex