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Good evening,
and welcome to The Culpeper Minute.
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It's been nearly a decade. . .
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...since the best-selling autobiography
Under the Hood...
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...revealed secrets of the original band
of masked adventurers...
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...the new Minutemen.
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In 1975, when The Culpeper Minute
was new to the airwaves...
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. . .we profiled the author of Under the Hood,
Hollis Mason. . .
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...the former adventurer
known as Nite Owl.
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When my original report aired in 1 975,
the Keene Act had not yet been passed.
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Now, this controversial bill outlawed all
costumed adventurers and masked heroes.
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Given our current climate of unrest
around the subject of masked justice...
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...we thought it would be interesting
to revisit that original episode...
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. . .as a reminder of where
the whole phenomena. . .
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...of costumed heroics began.
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Tonight we're talking with Hollis Mason
about his autobiography, Under the Hood.
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Hollis Mason's memoirs
revealed some of the secrets...
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...of the masked adventurers.
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I met with Hollis at one of his favorite
New York establishments, the Gunga Diner.
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Coming to New York at 1 2 years old...
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...it was, uh, fantastic for me
in a lot of ways.
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And my dad got a job
at Vernon's Auto Repair off 7th Avenue.
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-Now Mason's, right?
-Now Mason's. Yeah, yeah.
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Same place.
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CULPEPER: Yet you didn't follow in your
father's footsteps. You chose another path.
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MASON:
Well, yeah, when l was 23...
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...l joined the New York City
Police Department.
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And l think that that had a lot to do
with my grandfather...
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...and the values
that he'd instilled in me.
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Because for the first 1 2 years of my life,
I spent a lot of time with my granddad.
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He was always keen to impress upon me...
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...that country folk were morally healthier
than city folk, the way they lived.
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Of course you were competitive
in certain ways, but you were also--
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You helped each other.
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And it was kind of a moral value
that stuck with me.
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And when I first got to the city...
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...there were things l saw
that really filled me with disgust...
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...that l found a hard time shaking,
and, you know, some really--
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Some of it l still can't.
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What my grandfather gave me...
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...and what I was confronted with
in the city--
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When the distance between those things
got too great and I couldn't deal with it...
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...then l would go to my real other world,
the world of pulp-fiction novels.
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They described a world
of absolute values...
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...where what was good and true
was never in doubt.
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And evil was--
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Well, it received
its appropriate punishment.
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Is that how you've led your life, then?
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-That's what I've tried to do. Um....
-Mm-hm.
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Yeah.
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Hollis Mason, idealizing young cop...
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...trying to make sense
of granddad's country values...
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...and the grit of the big city
he finds himself living in.
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Soon enough, the police force and its brand
ofjustice is not enough for young Mason.
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Long a fan of pulp detective fiction
and comic-book heroics...
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...Mason did what others
only fantasize about.
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He made himself a disguise...
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...and set out in the nights
as a vigilante...
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...doling out justice on his own terms.
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What influenced this shift
in Mason's behavior?
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It's funny when you think about it.
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You know, I've heard all the--
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All the jokes and all the rumors
and all the innuendos.
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What it really comes down to for me...
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...is that l dressed up like an owl
and l fought crime...
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...because it was fun.
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And because it was the right thing to do.
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And because l darn well enjoyed it.
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[MASON CHUCKLES]
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I suppose it really started
to take shape for me in 1 938.
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And on my beat there were a lot of kids
reading that first issue of Action Comics.
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I was so drawn, I couldn't help it.
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I asked one of the kids if l could borrow it
and take a look at it.
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And that first issue of Superman...
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-...wow, knocked me out.
-Mm-hm.
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Okay, Superman was your biggest influence,
and it was to a lot of kids.
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But you took it even further.
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MASON: Well, it all changed
when l opened the newspaper one day...
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...and l saw that these characters had
escaped from their four-color world...
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...and they were now in the factual
black-and-white world of the headlines.
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An attempted assault and robbery
was thwarted by a figure...
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...who supposedly dropped into
the alleyway from above...
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...with something over his face.
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And he then proceeded
to disarm the three attackers...
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...and beat them with such severity
that all three were hospitalized.
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The newspapers started calling him
Hooded Justice.
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And that was the first masked vigilante.
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And when I heard that story
I made up my mind right then...
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...l was gonna be the second.
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We have to take a break for our sponsors
now, but when we come back...
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...more from our 1 975 story
on masked adventurers.
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Thank you for staying with us.
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We return now to our retrospective look
at Under the Hood...
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...and what these men and women
mean to us today.
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CULPEPER: Why did you come up
with the owl costume?
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MASON:
It really came together...
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...because of another cop that l was
working with in my station house.
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And he kept asking me
to go out for a beer after work.
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And l kept saying no, because, you know,
I wanted to train at night...
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...and get ready for my other career.
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And then he started
calling me "night owl."
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-You know, he was being sarcastic.
-Right.
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And l loved it.
I thought, "Well, that's it, Nite Owl."
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-So that's where the name came from?
-That's where it came from.
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So once l had the name, then I could
start thinking about the costume.
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Should it have a cape or no cape?
Should you have a mask or no mask?
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Eventually, l just boiled it down
to the basics.
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I needed a costume
where l was free to move.
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I needed to protect my body.
I needed to protect my head.
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And l needed to protect my identity.
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So l did this with a tunic
that was covered in leather and mail...
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...a kind of steel mesh.
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And l had a hood with--
It was leather and steel mesh again.
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And then briefs.
They were covered in the same mail.
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So l've got my hair covered
and all l need is a little mask.
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So l did it with this. This is the mask.
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I attached this mask with a spirit gum...
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...which is what actors use
to put on mustaches and beards.
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CULPEPER: lt turned out, there were several
masked adventurers at the time.
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MASON: Yeah, about a month
after I made my debut...
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...the headlines were all about
a young woman called the Silhouette.
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She had exposed a crooked publisher
who was dealing in child pornography.
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And she gave him such a brutal beating.
Him and his two cameramen, right?
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Well, that was quite a story.
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From there it grew pretty quickly.
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There were stories
of a man dressed like a moth...
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...who could glide through the air.
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And then there was a story of a man
in a yellow boiler suit...
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...who was particularly brutal
and vicious.
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In 12 months of Hooded Justice's
dramatic entrance...
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...there were at least, oh,
seven other costumed vigilantes.
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There was Sally Jupiter,
who took the name of Silk Spectre.
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There was Dollar Bill,
there was Mothman...
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...there was the Silhouette,
there was Comedian.
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And, of course, there was me.
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Little that Mason told me
was not already in his book.
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So l turned to some of the other figures
from his world to find out more.
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She used her sexuality to fight crime...
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...and her crime fighting
to pursue a career on the silver screen.
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Now her daughter lives on in her image...
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...and life seemingly
has passed Sally Jupiter by.
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We joined her at her home
for the following exchange back in 1 975.
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CULPEPER:
Why the name Silk Spectre?
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JUPITER:
You know, it's funny.
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Many people have hypothesized about
reasons why that might have come up.
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And in truth,
I wanted to find something mysterious...
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...something that had a good ring to it,
you know?
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And l felt that she should be somebody
who could slip out of your hands.
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Silk stockings, you know,
were very expensive at the time.
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And it just had a good ring to it, l guess,
is all I can really say.
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What were your motivations
in becoming a masked adventurer?
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I saw Hooded Justice...
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...and l think the idea of doing something
that was out of the normal--
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I never felt like l really fit in.
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And l think that becoming Silk Spectre
really made me feel actually more at home.
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Now, Silk Spectre is presented in fairly
racy imagery in posters and in comics.
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How do you deal with these,
what I call, visually degrading pictures?
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Oh, l never had a problem
with that sort of thing.
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I mean, you know, they always
referred to me as a sex symbol.
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And l have to say,
I'd rather be a symbol of that...
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...than a symbol for other things
they've got symbols of.
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You know what l mean?
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Jimmy Fantucci, a famous mobster,
I'm sure you've heard of him.
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He actually turned himself into the cops
because he couldn't shoot me.
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You know, as l said, l never shied away
from the way that I looked.
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And, in fact, it seemed in this case,
I could use it.
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Masked adventurers or whatever what you
wanna call them is all about commerce.
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You have to remember that this country
was founded on entertainment.
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And when I managed Sally,
the Silk Spectre...
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...we used her status as a costumed hero
to make lucrative deals of every kind.
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Movie deals, image licensing for pinups,
comic books, everything.
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It was a business strategy that corporations
picked up on almost immediately.
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Dollar Bill was originally
a star college athlete from Kansas...
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...hired by a major department store...
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...when they realized
that having their own superhero...
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...was an interesting publicity prospect.
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Still, l like to think that Sally and I
pioneered the concept.
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When you're trying to make a mark
in the world, you need help.
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You need someone
who can be sort of the cohesive factor...
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...in bringing the awareness to the public,
and he definitely did that.
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And l think, in fact, probably at the expense
of many people's agendas, really.
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I don't think you can make
value judgments...
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...on whether or not costumed heroes
are good or bad for society.
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That's like asking
if television is good or bad.
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The answer is that it's both.
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It was only really
when we got together...
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...that the problems started.
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The Minutemen, yeah.
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What a great idea.
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I wish I can take credit for it,
but I can't in good conscience.
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The way it happened was one day l got
a letter for Sally from Captain Metropolis.
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He said he wanted to get together
to discuss the idea...
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...of forming a group
of masked adventurers.
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At first, I thought he was using the idea
as a means to get her into bed.
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Then l did a little research...
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...and l learned that my concerns...
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...were, yeah, unfounded...
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...if you get my meaning.
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Lawrence made the Minutemen.
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If it wasn't for him
and his knack for publicity--
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I mean l think as someone in your
profession, you could probably understand...
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...that if we did this interview and no one
saw it, then, poof, it doesn't matter.
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SHEXNAYDER: I realized
that without the occasional gimmick...
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...to revitalize flagging public interest...
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...the fad of costumed heroes...
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...would eventually fade,
even the ones dressed like Sally.
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After some consideration l suggested
they take a large ad out in the Gazette...
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...asking for more mystery men
to come forward.
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And that's how
the Minutemen came to be.
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CULPEPER:
Now, when you first met The Comedian...
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...Nite Owl, Silhouette and the others...
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...what were your thoughts?
Were you intimidated?
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Was there a sense of relief?
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Oh, it was an incredibly exhilarating time,
I have to say.
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I think we all felt like
we were part of a family...
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...that we had found sort of a place...
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...where we could feel like
we actually were of value.
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Everyone brought
something different to the Minutemen.
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But somehow when we were together
there was a bonding feeling...
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...that we all believed
in what we were doing.
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Now, the reason I say "relief" is because
many of the people back in those days...
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...thought that you were all
rather bizarre, abnormal individuals...
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...running around in children's costumes.
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JUPITER:
We were just people.
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And everyone did have absolutely
different politics.
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Some of us were in it for fame.
Some for power.
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Some to possibly hide
from the rest of the world.
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But in the end of the day, our politics
really didn't get in the way too much...
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...of what we wanted to be there to do,
which was good.
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We did too much good in our respective
communities just to be written off.
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We were all attempting
through our personal efforts...
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...to make our country
a better and a safer place to live.
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Clearly, Hollis Mason is a man
who makes no apologies...
233
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...for the life he's lived
or the decisions he's made.
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But is his own personal moral code
enough justification...
235
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...for donning a mask
and dispensing vigilante justice?
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I went out and asked around
to get a better sense...
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...of how you, the people,
felt about masked heroes.
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MAN 1 :
I don't know.
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I get a lot of customers that are cops.
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Guys that come by and pay
for a pack of smokes from me...
241
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...and they tell me
that these masked adventurers...
242
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...they're making the job more difficult.
243
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MAN 2:
What do I think of them?
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They've just about destroyed my business,
I can tell you that.
245
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They maim my customers.
246
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They like to break fingers. They think
it's funny. Yeah. They're dangerous.
247
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But then on the other hand,
what if we hadn't had...
248
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...that Dr. Manhattan guy
on our side, huh?
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I mean, l know it's inconceivable to us,
now knowing what we know...
250
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...but who's to say that things wouldn't
have gone the same in Vietnam...
251
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...without them?
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Losing that war.
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That would've destroyed our country.
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More on costumed adventurers
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Welcome back,
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In our current climate, the relevance
of masked adventurers, the Watchmen...
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...is more in question than ever before.
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We continue now
with our look back at a show...
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...in which we discussed
Under the Hood...
268
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...a memoir of original masked hero
The Nite Owl, née Hollis Mason.
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A book which precipitated
many of the questions we have today...
270
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...about these men and women who act
apart from our prescribed laws ofjustice.
271
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Certainly there are many costumed heroes
who would make for fascinating study.
272
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I spoke with psychiatrist William Long...
273
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...to gain some professional insight.
274
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You know, it's an interesting question.
275
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Mostly, in the prison,
I work with criminals.
276
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So my perception is slightly skewed.
277
00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:55,239
I think certainly
there are masked heroes...
278
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...and superhumans, like Dr. Manhattan...
279
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...that just want to do good.
280
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I think there are others
that are nothing more than criminals...
281
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...who used this as a means...
282
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...to justify their violent tendencies.
283
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The only masked heroes
that pose an actual threat...
284
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...are the relatively few
borderline sociopaths...
285
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...that actually believe
that they are doing good.
286
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Beneath that mask...
287
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...they're just like you and me...
288
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...with hopes and desires, fears...
289
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...love.
290
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I hope that one day...
291
00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:49,502
...l can psychoanalyze
one of these masked heroes.
292
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That would be something.
293
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It seems a bygone era to us now.
294
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The heady days of the roaring '40s.
295
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People were eager for distraction,
hungry for a fix of drama.
296
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What better than a group
of self-designed superheroes...
297
00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:07,562
...to act out an exaggerated
street theater of crime fighting.
298
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And in a world populated
by supervillains...
299
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...why not?
300
00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,736
There was the notorious
Moloch the Mystic...
301
00:19:15,904 --> 00:19:21,242
...using the sideshow novelty of the magic
show to front his one-man wave of terror.
302
00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:24,912
Later, of course, came modern supervillains
like Big Figure...
303
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...the diminutive master criminal
now serving a life sentence in the city jail.
304
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,426
You think I'm the menace.
305
00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:42,430
I'm not the one wearing a mask.
I got nothing to hide.
306
00:19:42,806 --> 00:19:45,808
What kind of person is that?
Wear a mask?
307
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I'm a respectable businessman.
308
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CULPEPER:
It wasn't easy finding Moloch the Mystic.
309
00:19:55,777 --> 00:19:58,237
But then again, well,
it wasn't too difficult.
310
00:19:58,405 --> 00:20:02,450
You see, Moloch, like so many infamous
figures of our postwar past...
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...had simply gone into civilian life.
312
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MOLOCH:
I was a younger man then.
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I was rebellious.
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Like these gangs you see around,
the Knot Tops.
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00:20:13,962 --> 00:20:17,757
When you live in a world
with superhuman authority figures...
316
00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:20,676
...and you wanna rebel,
you have to rebel on a larger scale.
317
00:20:20,844 --> 00:20:24,263
You have to escalate things, you see.
318
00:20:24,431 --> 00:20:26,224
So...
319
00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,186
...if you grow up in a world
with superheroes and you wanna rebel...
320
00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:34,357
...you have to become a supervillain.
321
00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:41,030
So, yeah, l think society is better off
without the superheroes...
322
00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:46,744
...because that means there's no need
for any supervillains either.
323
00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:51,707
MASON:
Thank you. Thanks.
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00:20:53,293 --> 00:20:58,047
You know, it didn't last, oh, 1 0 years.
325
00:20:58,215 --> 00:21:02,927
When the '50s came, the whole perception
of costumed adventurers...
326
00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:06,013
...you know, changed, you know?
327
00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:07,515
It was a fad, yeah.
328
00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:11,352
And the fad was dying out
and we were dying with it.
329
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,728
[CHUCKLES]
330
00:21:14,022 --> 00:21:15,606
Sally...
331
00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:17,984
...well, she got pregnant
and she left.
332
00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:21,779
The rest of us,
we were forced to testify...
333
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,365
...before the House Un-American
Activities Committee.
334
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:26,033
It was a witch hunt.
335
00:21:26,201 --> 00:21:30,579
We were all forced to reveal
our identities...
336
00:21:30,747 --> 00:21:33,165
...to one of its representatives.
337
00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:36,210
I am Captain Metropolis
from the Minutemen.
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MASON:
Now, luckily, with Captain Metropolis...
339
00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,589
...having such an outstanding
military record...
340
00:21:40,757 --> 00:21:42,883
...and with my own service
in the police force...
341
00:21:43,051 --> 00:21:46,721
...we both were more or less
cleared of suspicion right away.
342
00:21:48,056 --> 00:21:52,476
Mothman met with more difficulty,
mostly because of the left-wing friends...
343
00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:56,022
...that he'd cultivated
during his student days.
344
00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:57,898
Now, he's eventually cleared...
345
00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:02,570
...but the investigations,
they were so lengthy and so ruthless...
346
00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:05,406
...that l think that
the pressure he was under...
347
00:22:05,574 --> 00:22:07,783
...it exacerbated his drinking problem...
348
00:22:07,951 --> 00:22:11,996
...and it caused
his eventual mental breakdown.
349
00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:21,422
Hooded Justice...
350
00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:22,923
...refused to testify...
351
00:22:23,091 --> 00:22:27,261
...on the grounds that he was not prepared
to reveal his true identity to anybody.
352
00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,555
And when they pressed him...
353
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,974
...he disappeared.
354
00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:34,769
And l really respect him for that.
355
00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:37,313
He was the reason
I became the Nite Owl...
356
00:22:37,481 --> 00:22:43,277
...and l don't know to this day
who he was behind that mask.
357
00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:44,528
Isn't that something?
358
00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,155
[CHUCKLES]
359
00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:49,950
I understand that you wanted to leave
the Minutemen because you got pregnant.
360
00:22:50,118 --> 00:22:52,119
Is that the reason?
Was there any other reasons...
361
00:22:52,287 --> 00:22:55,289
...that you retired from the Minutemen?
362
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:58,667
JUPITER: You know,
sometimes it's just time to move on.
363
00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:02,254
I think I would've stayed longer,
had l not gotten pregnant.
364
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:06,801
But it was-- You know, life gives you those
little signs of when to take the door out.
365
00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:08,886
And that seemed to be the one.
366
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:13,724
In his biography, Hollis alleged that you
were sexually assaulted by The Comedian.
367
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,185
Yet you've never said anything
about this.
368
00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:18,145
Hmm.
369
00:23:19,481 --> 00:23:22,274
Well, why should l break
a lifetime's habit now, right?
370
00:23:22,442 --> 00:23:23,609
[CHUCKLES]
371
00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:29,031
I can't blame you for asking as a reporter,
but, yes, it's--
372
00:23:29,199 --> 00:23:30,241
No comment.
373
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:36,205
How much did the incident
between Sally Jupiter and The Comedian...
374
00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:38,374
...affect your decision
to hang up the mask?
375
00:23:38,959 --> 00:23:42,795
Well, that had lot to do with it, yeah.
376
00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:47,550
I think once you realize
that some of your teammates...
377
00:23:47,717 --> 00:23:50,344
...are just as depraved...
378
00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:55,599
...and twisted as the criminals
you're going after....
379
00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,019
Yeah.
380
00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:02,189
That had a lot to do with why I quit.
381
00:24:02,357 --> 00:24:04,400
There's no truth to that rumor.
382
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:06,360
If something like that had happened...
383
00:24:06,528 --> 00:24:12,158
...don't you think I would have advised
Sally to have pressed criminal charges?
384
00:24:12,325 --> 00:24:14,910
She was my best client.
My biggest earner.
385
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:18,539
I would never allow something like that
to go unpunished.
386
00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:20,666
It's nothing more than sensationalism.
387
00:24:21,209 --> 00:24:22,751
Self-promotion.
388
00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:25,504
Hollis Mason wants to sell more books.
389
00:24:25,672 --> 00:24:28,090
CULPEPER:
The Comedian declined to comment.
390
00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:32,219
Get that thing out of my face
before l put my cigar out in your eye.
391
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:35,890
Under the Hood is a fantastic book.
392
00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:38,184
You know, he's one of my customers,
you know.
393
00:24:38,351 --> 00:24:40,352
I see him all the time.
394
00:24:40,687 --> 00:24:45,316
It's funny about this superhero thing,
you know, it's a very fine line.
395
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,443
And when you got somebody
like the Nite Owl...
396
00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:51,822
...who is your quintessential superhero,
because outside you get this guy...
397
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:54,533
...who dresses up
and does all the kaboom-kabang stuff...
398
00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:57,453
...but inside he's a cop.
399
00:24:57,621 --> 00:25:00,831
So he's a guy who knows what's true blue.
You know what l mean?
400
00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:03,209
He's not into these
kind of artsy-fartsy things.
401
00:25:03,376 --> 00:25:05,127
He's a great man.
402
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:07,087
So...
403
00:25:07,255 --> 00:25:08,756
...l don't know.
404
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:14,803
Hard to say whether these masked-hero
types are a good or a bad thing...
405
00:25:14,971 --> 00:25:18,224
...you know, in the final analysis.
406
00:25:18,391 --> 00:25:21,560
It's interesting to note
that back in 1 975...
407
00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:24,647
...people were still very much divided
as to whether or not...
408
00:25:24,814 --> 00:25:29,443
...the so-called costumed adventurers
were a benefit or a detriment to society.
409
00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:31,779
Given the events
after this interview aired...
410
00:25:31,947 --> 00:25:35,324
...perhaps Hollis Mason's retirement
came at the perfect time.
411
00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:39,286
We'll hear more from Hollis Mason
after this commercial break.
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00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:13,862
Continuing now with my interview
of Hollis Mason.
423
00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:16,240
We're talking about
costumed adventurers.
424
00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:19,159
He's been called
the Eighth Wonder of the World.
425
00:26:19,327 --> 00:26:22,037
Our national treasure. Our greatest hope.
426
00:26:22,205 --> 00:26:25,374
But Dr. Manhattan is also viewed
as a freak of nature.
427
00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:31,046
His power is so great as to illicit fear
not only in our enemies but in ourselves.
428
00:26:31,214 --> 00:26:34,383
Before he was the radiating blue
superbeing he is today...
429
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:38,304
...he was Jon Osterman,
physicist, son of a watchmaker.
430
00:26:38,471 --> 00:26:43,183
A man with friendships,
loves, common family values.
431
00:26:43,351 --> 00:26:45,686
One of his friends
and, in fact, colleagues...
432
00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:48,480
...who continues to work
with Dr. Manhattan today...
433
00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:51,233
...is an esteemed physicist
in his own right...
434
00:26:51,401 --> 00:26:52,526
...Wally Weaver.
435
00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:55,362
We went to Weaver's lab
and had the following conversation.
436
00:26:55,530 --> 00:26:58,490
Well, l think...
437
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,909
...heroes of all kinds are a good thing.
438
00:27:01,077 --> 00:27:05,539
And l'm talking about the brave men
and women of our Armed Forces.
439
00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:09,335
I'm talking about the policemen
and the firefighters.
440
00:27:09,502 --> 00:27:14,840
I'm talking about the scientists
and the doctors. And, uh....
441
00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:18,052
Yeah, l'd include masked heroes...
442
00:27:18,219 --> 00:27:20,721
...in that group
that's a benefit to society too.
443
00:27:20,889 --> 00:27:22,431
Jon is--
444
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:26,143
I'm sorry. Dr. Manhattan...
445
00:27:26,561 --> 00:27:28,771
...is something else entirely.
446
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:35,486
I'm writing a book about how he's changed
the geopolitical landscape forever...
447
00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:39,907
...essentially making the very idea...
448
00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:42,993
...of war obsolete.
449
00:27:44,704 --> 00:27:50,292
MASON: You know, the first thing
was absolute disbelief.
450
00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:53,087
Well, of course, as you know,
there was elation too.
451
00:27:53,254 --> 00:27:56,757
I mean, it was like Santa Claus
was alive and thriving.
452
00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:59,176
But the fear....
453
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:03,597
It was a terrible fear...
454
00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:07,726
...and an uncertainty
that went right to your core.
455
00:28:07,894 --> 00:28:10,270
I certainly understood
how an old car feels...
456
00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:13,440
...when it sees a new car,
a new model come rolling out.
457
00:28:13,608 --> 00:28:15,109
[CHUCKLES]
458
00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:17,361
But it was more than that.
459
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:23,951
You know, I think I can boil the feeling
down to three words, really. lt's:
460
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,286
We've been replaced.
461
00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:29,707
And l don't just mean
the masked adventurers.
462
00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:33,043
I mean, humanity.
463
00:28:33,962 --> 00:28:35,879
We've been replaced.
464
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:42,428
Hollis always did have
a flair for the dramatic.
465
00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:45,639
There is no doubt
that it was an absolute shock to all of us.
466
00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:48,642
The fact that anything could exist
like Dr. Manhattan.
467
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:53,105
I mean, this was something
out of the realm of concept for us.
468
00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:56,150
But we will always have a need
for humanity...
469
00:28:56,317 --> 00:29:01,822
...and as much as we expand
and grow technologically, it's--
470
00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:04,116
We still need human contact, you know?
471
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:07,911
People have always misinterpreted
what I said about Jon.
472
00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:13,917
I wasn't comparing him to God.
I wasn't saying he was a god.
473
00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:15,669
I just--
474
00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:19,173
Just wish I wouldn't have
ever said that.
475
00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:22,843
Bottom line is this: Jon is still Jon.
476
00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:25,429
At his core...
477
00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:28,307
...he's still a man.
478
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:34,396
Well, take what I said about supervillains
being a direct response...
479
00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,523
...to the appearance of superheroes...
480
00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:40,068
...and apply that
to the current scenario.
481
00:29:40,236 --> 00:29:44,281
If you have a being that can destroy...
482
00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:46,033
...with a single thought...
483
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:48,410
...then the terrifying thing
is that there is...
484
00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:53,874
...or there soon will be, a counterpoint
or an adversary to that being.
485
00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:59,046
The universe has a way of finding
its own equilibrium, its own level.
486
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:06,136
What worries me is that Dr. Manhattan's
nemesis will be arriving soon.
487
00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:13,310
Of course,
some of these masked adventurers...
488
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:16,063
...never stopped practicing
their unique craft.
489
00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:20,150
Eventually time moved forward to a point
where their presence was again welcomed...
490
00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:22,611
...and some would say sorely needed.
491
00:30:23,196 --> 00:30:25,239
Big city streets festered with violence...
492
00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:27,574
...intimidation and rampant crime.
493
00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:31,620
A perfect environment
for a new breed of masked hero to emerge.
494
00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:34,081
Of course, I speak of the Watchmen.
495
00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:38,752
Now, with the Cold War escalating
and the presence of a truly super being...
496
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,046
...at the forefront
of our national defense...
497
00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:45,217
...a growing fear and restlessness
seems to permeate the population.
498
00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:48,554
Only this time,
the fear is not of the criminals...
499
00:30:48,721 --> 00:30:50,764
...but of the crime fighters themselves.
500
00:30:50,932 --> 00:30:54,393
Senator Keene surely thinks
that the time has come to put an end...
501
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:55,936
...to masked adventuring.
502
00:30:56,104 --> 00:31:00,774
His suggested new laws would effectively
clip the wings of these costumed heroes...
503
00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:02,568
...making them hang up their masks...
504
00:31:02,735 --> 00:31:06,613
...and preventing them from practicing
vigilante justice in our fair streets.
505
00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:10,951
Senator Keene is an opportunistic...
506
00:31:12,328 --> 00:31:14,162
...cipher.
507
00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:16,874
He has no idea what he's talking about.
508
00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,543
The real problem
are the police departments.
509
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:24,506
If they would take a little bit more
of what these masked heroes have...
510
00:31:24,674 --> 00:31:27,593
...then we wouldn't need people
like Senator Keene...
511
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,219
...in the Senate in the first place.
512
00:31:30,471 --> 00:31:32,264
What do I think about Senator Keene?
513
00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:34,474
Listen, l work down here every day.
514
00:31:34,642 --> 00:31:37,978
Whenever I'm in trouble, whenever
somebody's down here beating me up...
515
00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:40,856
...and l yell for help, l don't care
who comes to save my butt.
516
00:31:41,024 --> 00:31:44,484
I don't care if it's a superhero.
I don't care if it's a cop.
517
00:31:44,652 --> 00:31:47,821
As long as somebody comes
when l'm yelling "help."
518
00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:49,323
You understand?
519
00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:51,700
People have...
520
00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:54,328
...a need for...
521
00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:56,496
...an everyday hero.
522
00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:59,166
Masked or otherwise.
523
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,168
And, uh...
524
00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:07,424
...people who know right from wrong...
525
00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:11,261
...will always be in demand.
526
00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:29,363
So l want to get a little personal here
for the moment.
527
00:32:29,572 --> 00:32:31,073
You never married. Why is that?
528
00:32:33,826 --> 00:32:36,870
-Um....
-Thank you.
529
00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:40,582
Well, l suppose if there's any one reason
why l never got married...
530
00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:42,292
...it was because...
531
00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:47,255
...well, Sally Jupiter was taken.
532
00:32:47,423 --> 00:32:49,383
I don't think...
533
00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:52,552
...it's any great secret
that I had a thing for her.
534
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,888
Half the male population did.
535
00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:59,226
By the time l'd rustled up the courage
to ask her out on a proper date...
536
00:32:59,894 --> 00:33:01,937
...she was already married
to her manager.
537
00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,189
[CHUCKLES]
538
00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:07,901
It's kind of funny when you think of it.
539
00:33:08,236 --> 00:33:13,448
I dress up as an owl
and risk my life on a daily basis...
540
00:33:14,033 --> 00:33:17,911
...but when it came to
asking a girl out...
541
00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:20,664
...it was more than l could manage.
542
00:33:20,873 --> 00:33:25,210
Sadly, I think our marriage
was doomed from the start.
543
00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:29,798
My professional position in Sally's life
made it very difficult to be a good husband.
544
00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:31,800
It was my job as her manager...
545
00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:35,303
...to not only accept the fact
that men were attracted to her...
546
00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:37,931
...but to build on that attraction...
547
00:33:38,891 --> 00:33:41,059
...to prey upon it.
548
00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:49,443
Hollis was very important to you.
549
00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:51,695
He was a very important person
in your life, correct?
550
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:52,904
Absolutely.
551
00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:56,116
-You stay in contact with each other today?
-We do. We do.
552
00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:58,618
Not as much as l would like, I must say.
553
00:33:58,786 --> 00:34:01,079
You know, your life takes you
in different directions...
554
00:34:01,247 --> 00:34:04,666
...but that was really a magical,
magical time...
555
00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:08,336
...and we do like to talk about
the old times when we get together.
556
00:34:08,963 --> 00:34:10,839
You know, I think--
557
00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:13,717
I think I still have some kind of...
558
00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:16,803
...half-baked idea that...
559
00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:21,475
...Nite Owl and, uh...
560
00:34:22,143 --> 00:34:26,313
...Silk Spectre are gonna end up
together one day.
561
00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:36,031
Hm.
562
00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,160
When we originally spoke
with Hollis Mason...
563
00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:43,371
...he believed that the legacy
he'd begun as the Nite Owl...
564
00:34:43,539 --> 00:34:45,957
...along with other members
of the masked-hero community...
565
00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:48,168
...would live on for years to come.
566
00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:51,797
He could not have known
how wrong he was.
567
00:34:55,134 --> 00:34:59,638
This has been a nostalgic look back
at a colorful time in this nation's past...
568
00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:02,849
...when we turned to flamboyant heroes
with cartoonish outfits...
569
00:35:03,017 --> 00:35:04,392
...for our moral outlook.
570
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,978
In the post-Keene Act world
we now live in...
571
00:35:07,146 --> 00:35:09,689
...the masked heroes
are as outdated and irrelevant...
572
00:35:09,857 --> 00:35:13,735
...as the old beat-up wrecks
that Hollis Mason works on in his garage.
573
00:35:13,903 --> 00:35:17,906
We hope that you have found this look back
at the history of costumed adventurers...
574
00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:20,534
...both enlightening and informative.
575
00:35:20,701 --> 00:35:23,578
I'm Larry Culpeper
for The Culpeper Minute.
576
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,917
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