Post by geode on Feb 23, 2019 4:39:34 GMT
On Feb. 3rd I wrote:
Javier and Francisco decide to run away from a farm in "Smallville" where they are laboring with other workers that are not allowed to leave. Those who try to do so disappear. Javier came to Kansas to find his mother.
"Subterranian" was more like an episode from earlier seasons right down to having a "kryptofreak" having a special power due to exposure to meteor rocks (kryptonite). In this case to tunnel like a creature in "Tremors"..
Clark finds Javier hiding in the barn and doesn't turn him into the sheriff when Javier tells him that he is not legally resident. Javier asks Clark why he didn't turn him in and Clark responds, "Because I know what it feels like to be out of place. Besides I'm not from around here either." Martha Kent walks in on the discussion and angerly says "immigration" must be called. Clark replies that all Javier wants to do is find his mom and Martha insists proper legal channels must be followed. Clark replies, "Was it legal when you forged my adoption papers? I'm an illegal immigrant Mom. You've been harboring me for over 17 years."
This was "Smallville" exploring its primal theme of Clark as an outsider. This was done with a plot involving human trafficking and illegal immigration using coyotes. It started my pondering when such themes had shown up in past films or TV shows. I remember a "Sea Hunt" episode from the 50s where people were being smuggled underwater into Southern California. Then there was the episode of "The Fugitive" from 1963 with Richard Kimble working with migrant farm workers. I think all of them stressed the "human" element of separated families and the like.
I hadn't thought about similarities between Clark Kent and Richard Kimble before, but in the "Smallville" version of the character they do exist. They both have a major secret they must hide from people.
Javier and Francisco decide to run away from a farm in "Smallville" where they are laboring with other workers that are not allowed to leave. Those who try to do so disappear. Javier came to Kansas to find his mother.
"Subterranian" was more like an episode from earlier seasons right down to having a "kryptofreak" having a special power due to exposure to meteor rocks (kryptonite). In this case to tunnel like a creature in "Tremors"..
Clark finds Javier hiding in the barn and doesn't turn him into the sheriff when Javier tells him that he is not legally resident. Javier asks Clark why he didn't turn him in and Clark responds, "Because I know what it feels like to be out of place. Besides I'm not from around here either." Martha Kent walks in on the discussion and angerly says "immigration" must be called. Clark replies that all Javier wants to do is find his mom and Martha insists proper legal channels must be followed. Clark replies, "Was it legal when you forged my adoption papers? I'm an illegal immigrant Mom. You've been harboring me for over 17 years."
This was "Smallville" exploring its primal theme of Clark as an outsider. This was done with a plot involving human trafficking and illegal immigration using coyotes. It started my pondering when such themes had shown up in past films or TV shows. I remember a "Sea Hunt" episode from the 50s where people were being smuggled underwater into Southern California. Then there was the episode of "The Fugitive" from 1963 with Richard Kimble working with migrant farm workers. I think all of them stressed the "human" element of separated families and the like.
I hadn't thought about similarities between Clark Kent and Richard Kimble before, but in the "Smallville" version of the character they do exist. They both have a major secret they must hide from people.