A question about the V for Vendetta comic book

April 17, 2009 2:32 PM

What was the name of a certain tv show and lead character from the V for Vendetta comic book? Was it mentioned in the movie? Can you quote me the lines from the comic book?

It was an over the top racist show, featuring a white guy trying to defend a white woman from "black, cannibal filth" or some such.

posted by Brandon Blatcher to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: Oh. Saxon something. Storm Saxon?

Yup. Storm Saxon
posted by threeturtles at 2:38 PM on April 17, 2009

The black characters were given horrible dialogue, too:

"So dis am de famous Storm Saxon"

[They prepare to rape the woman; Storm threatens them, they mock him, but...]

"watch out, dat white devil got himself a laser Luger"

"Die you black cannibal filth...die die die!"

Something like that.
posted by Infinite Jest at 3:16 PM on April 17, 2009

In the movie, it was no more than a background detail — I think the "opening credits" for the show were shown playing on a television at one point, but then the shot cuts to something else.
posted by Johnny Assay at 3:45 PM on April 17, 2009

The movie version has the security guard in the lobby of the news studio watching Storm Saxon on tv. It's just a brief clip, but later the guard threatens to "Go Storm Saxon on your ass" to V.
posted by CheshireCat at 3:47 PM on April 17, 2009

Response by poster: God, it was as horrible as I remembered. Alan Moore probably had a devilish twinkle in his eye when he wrote it.

Thanks all!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:52 PM on April 17, 2009