[UA] Commie Smurfs

[José Luis Nunes Porfírio]

> 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.

That doesn't hold together when you find out the Smurfs were created within
another series called _The Adventures of Johan and Pirlouit_, two medieval
adventures, one being the King's page, the other the King's jester. The
Smurfs were more like helpful little men of medieval legend then, Faerie who
lived far away, in the Damned Land. As for Peyo being communist, well, being
intellectually a communist in Europe is different from being a militant
communist. Especially in France and Belgium. There were, or perhaps are,
people who voted communist simply because the communists did a damn good job
within local power, and after WWII it was chic to be left wing, even while
deploring the most blatant excesses of the communist block.«, and the
application of Marxism into practice by the State. Communist parties in
Europe were not the Red Enemy, but a moderating force in European politics.
Not moderate - never that - but its presence forced a moderating stance in
more conservative political forces.

Cheers,

Zé
Lisbon
Portugal
Europe

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com] On Behalf Of Alex Lampros
> Sent: quarta-feira, 10 de Março de 2004 5:47
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> 
> Just thought I'd share,
> 
> Alex
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