Now this is one clever film. I had no idea that Parker Brothers stole Monopoly from the public domain, ultimately from a woman who followed the economist Henry George and was communicating the opposite message. That's hilarious.
A guy named Darrow learned it from a bunch of Quakers and then colluded with Parker Brothers on getting a patent.
This all came out when the inventor of Anti-Monopoly was defending his right to publish his game.
Now that's a story worth spreading far and wide.
The documentary is mostly about the broken US political system, further wrecked by the Supreme Court with its Citizens United ruling.
The links to a Banksy-like painter of "Monopoly guy" takes us to Occupy, where this symbol often appeared. Mission: Occupy. From Occupy, we move to May Day.
I like using Monopoly Guy for Wanderers, mixing him with a lamp post on a chess board. He's been drinking a lot and walks randomly as a result, the connotation being mathematical: osmosis, cellular automata and like that.
Well crafted, mixed with street art / PR. Another good entry on the Corporate Personhood shelf.
