Daley Ponderings
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.
The review was interesting, too, but I'd be willing to bet Dash's complaint was less inspired by politics and more by the Harrison Bergeron Syndrome that so many have encountered, especially in school. The evil Syndrome in the movie at least tried to make everyone equal by "raising everyone to the level of the supers"; the more common effort is to bring any excellence down. See also C. S. Lewis' Screwtape Proposes a Toast.
Dash's comment is one of my favorite parts of the movie -- though nothing beats the alternate beginning with Helen's spirited defense of homemaking as an honorable profession!