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   From: macthevorlon@yahoo.com   
      
   "William December Starr"  wrote in   
   message news:cj5fsr$stk$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   > In article   
   ,   
   > "Pam or C. Wayne Owens"  said:   
   >   
   > > As I remember Red had an different effect (One piece   
   would make you   
   > > a giant, another would turn you into a turtle, the next   
   would make   
   > > you do everything backwards, etc.)  But each piece could   
   only work   
   > > on each Kryptonian once (Although it would have the same   
   effect on   
   > > another kryptonican.  So if Superman needed a giant   
   Supergirl, he   
   > > could expose her to the chuck that did that to him and   
   get the same   
   > > result.)   
   >   
   > What Red Kryptonite was basically was the Desperate   
   Writer's Best   
   > Friend.  If a deadline was coming up and you couldn't come   
   up with   
   > anything else for a story, you could just pull a random   
   "Superman   
   > gets physically and/or mentally changed into X for   
   twenty-four hours;   
   > wacky hijinks ensue" piece of RK out of your butt and buy   
   yourself   
   > another month to come up with a real idea.   
      
   "...pull a random piece of ... RK out of your butt and buy   
   yourself another month to come up with a real idea."   
      
   Sounds about right.   
      
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