Alias politics

This is a little scattered, still but I've been mulling these points off and on. Spoilers for the S4 opener, although it's more to do with the structure of the story than individual points.

( sexual politics... )

( ...and geopolitics )

Any help in turning these scattered and poorly thought-out observations into something more coherent would be much appreciated. I have a feeling that many of you have said these things better in other places.

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So as I was channel-surfing I noticed a little ticker tape on some channel or other announcing that Oliver Stone was blaming the failure of Alexander on "raging fundamentalism" in the southern U. S.

Um, no. Pay attention, Oliver: your movie failed because it was crap. You made some bad directorial decisions. You made--and God only knows how--a dull movie about Alexander the Great. Take some responsibility, and don't be an asshole.