24 Or something like that,
25 aWhich means that all of it was really our fault in the first place,
26 And we don't deserve much sympathy, let alone a happy ending,
27 Except that,
28 Well,
29 This is a low-budget picture for youngsters, and it has to end happily so they won't have nightmares about it.
30 bSo the good scientist buckles down and makes the ray gun or whatever,
31 cAnd finishes it in the nick of time,
32 dAnd saves the planet,
33 And everybody lives happily ever after,
34 Which isn't art,
35 And isn't even Walt Disney,
36 But it sure sells a lot of popcorn.
CHAPTER 461 In fact, pictures like this will make so much money that even people who make movies for grownups will notice,
2 And they'll make a bunch of movies along the same lines for the adult audience,
3 Which won't be silly science-fiction productions about a lot of scary monsters created by nuclear tests,
4 But serious science-fiction productions about the scary situations created by nuclear weapons.
5 Movies like this will be made by even very great directors,
6 eSuch as a genius named Stanley K___,
7 Who will make a movie called 'Dr. Failsafe, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb in Seven Days,'
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8 Which will not only be scary,
9 But funny too,
10 What with fHenry Fonda playing the president,
11 And a Brit named Peter Sellers playing everyone else,
12 Including the title role of gDr. Failsafe,
13 Who will go completely hinsane when the situation in the war room gets to be too hot a ipotato,
14 Which will happen when Peter Sellers kidnaps a nuclear weapons facility and launches a jBig One at the Russians,
15 Played by kPeter Sellers,
16 Who can't seem to understand that it's all just an laccident,
17 mWhich means there might be war,
18 Since everybody on both sides is descended from the same killer ape,
19 Played by nPeter Sellers,
20 oWith music by some Kraut composer or other,
21 Which is terribly terribly funny,
22 In a depressing sort of way,
23 Which is the special genius of Stanley K___,
24 Who will achieve a similar effect in most of his pictures,
25 pIncluding one called 'A Clockwork Odyssey,'
26 qWhich will be all about a violent British punk,
27 rPlayed by sPeter Sellers,
28 tWith music by some uKraut composer or other,
29 vWho is cured of his violence and then has to be uncured because human beings can't survive without being violent,
30 wEspecially in modern life,
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