Commenting on a youtube video, Todd Wright at MSNBC notes that the video (and to a larger extend the entire oil spill) "has all the ingredients for a Stephen King classic: an alien slime, a cute little white girl, and an Internet camera."
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I'm noticing more and more how King's name is invoked simply to describe the scary. "It was like something from a Stephen King novel..." is a common line. I want to say, "Which one, Shawshank Redemption or Eyes of the Dragon?" Of course, King usually has been quick to embrace this kind of typecasting. We never get a Leonard Nemoy moment with King -- Remember the classic by Mr. Nemoy, "I am not Spock!" Sense some resentment there? But King seldom whines about his role as America's best loved boogeyman.
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With all respect to Mr. Wright, I do not think the video is like anything we would find in a Stephen King novel. Michael Crichton comes to mind, but not King! Because King isn't usually just interested in black goop washing up on little kids. He's interested in the characters.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37927866/ns/local_news-miami_fl/
I think the video Wright is referring to is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QwsCHd7Lcg
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The basic premise of "A Killer Oil Spill "was already worked by Mr.King
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hummm, good point.
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