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So in the real economy, as in the parable, productivity growth in one sector seems to have led to job gains in the other.
Despite protests from the Catholic League, reviewers agree that writer-director Kevin Smith's latest is "a tortured testament from a true believer" (Richard Corliss, Time ). What's more, this "obviously devout, enlightened parable" about a pair of rebellious angels (played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) is "mercilessly funny" and "gratifyingly cynicism free" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Alan Rickman round out the cast as the 13 th apostle, a muse, and a messenger from God.
, Pleasantville turns into a "leaden political parable" about intolerance (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). (This fan site has a Pleasantville message board.)
The sad story of the Coalition for the Homeless, and of its decline from the moral pinnacle it once occupied, is a parable of that failure of vision.
In fact, it is a parable of how the law, properly applied, can undermine anyone.