Hollywood approaches the Internet as the blind men offable approached the elephant, assuming that each part of it represented the whole beast. In the movie AntiTrust, the Internet is the instrument by which a Bill Gatesian villain will control the economy. In countless thrillers, the Net supplies precisely the information the hero requires, instantly. One of the best definitions of the Web,if a limited one, is supplied by Ben Affleck playing himself in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Ben explains to Jay: "It's a place used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography."
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