The cliffhanger serial format had been around since nearly the beginning of motion pictures; the silent era had popular titles like The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Hazards of Helen (1914-17).
It really took off into a golden age in the 1930s and early ’40s, when theater pre-shows were frequented by serials about cowboys, G-men, detectives, superheroes (Shazam and Captain America made their first live-action appearances in early ’40s serials not long after their debuts in the pages of comic books) — and, for some reason, a good number of stories about Canadian mounties — usually thwarting some outlaws or criminals. (REMIND)
The newest form of a CLIFFHANGER, so it seems is the Republican-inspired game called “LET’S SHUT DOWN THE US GOVERNMENT.” Or “LET US FOR SPITE, SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT PRETENDING THAT WE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN.” This year’s winning CLIFFHANGER is titled, “LET’S ACT AS PUPPETS FOR TRUMP, BECAUSE SUPPORTING AN AMERICAN FASCIST IS SO PATRIOTIC!”
I waited to rant and rave, and write a BLOG, regarding the evil and errant ways of the House GOP Flying Monkeys, truly wondering if THIS TIME, a real ZOMBIE VIRUS, would attach itself causing soulless, heartless, demigods to actually have our Government FALL OF THE CLIFF!
Alas alack, at least for 45 more days, the MAGA MANIACS, the PUTIN STOOGES, the TRUMP PUTZ’S, were derailed from continuing their own version of CIVIL WAR. Still, like any good old-fashioned CLIFFHANGER, the biting of the nails, the night sweats, the priorities of affording either food, or shelter, or health, will not truly go away, and the COUP LOVING/INSURRECTIONIST REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE will still stir up ROT AND RUIN.
