Superman fans will①know the hero spent most of his time disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered and hard-working reporter for the DailyGlobe. When called upon to perform a superhuman feat, Kent would ducksintosa phone booth and in a split second whirl out of his suitsintosthe blue body-stocking and red cape that were Superman's uniform. The whirling kept bystanders from witnessing the transformation.

　　Cartoonist Tony Auth reverses Superman's routine to make a tongue-in-cheek comment on California's new governor, 56-year-old muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger. On October 7, Governor Gray Davis was ousted from office; the body building champion, Austrian immigrant and action film star was elected to replace him. In a flash Arnie was transformed from a film superherosintosthe leader of a state bedeviled by complex financial problems, a hemorrhage of jobs and political gridlock in the state legislature.

　　Californians elected actor Ronald Reagan to the governorship back in 1966, so what's so strange about choosing Arnold Schwarzenegger? For one thing, Reagan by then had long been more involved in politics than in acting, and thus was much more prepared for the job. Secondly, Reagan was hugely popular with suburban Republican conservatives and business leaders; in other words, he had a solid political base built up over years. Not so in Schwarzenegger's case: he's an example of what is sometimes described as an endangered species, the moderate Republican. Finally, the Californian economy in 1966 was doing fine, and nothing kept the legislature from raising taxes. But in 1978 Californians voted to limit property taxes and require a 65% vote by state legislators to impose any new ones; later they tied lawmakers' hands in new ways. It's a different California in 2003.

　　Tony Auth shows Schwarzenegger swooping in as Superman and changingsintosClark Kent. When he realizes that his fantastic strength is now useless, he shouts "Script!" This is what filmmakers do when there's a problem in the plot or dialog that the screenwriters need to fix. But no movie magic will provide Governor Schwarzenegger with the luck and skills needed to confront California's staggering problems.

　　施瓦辛格参政：州长魔力在哪里？

　　对超人十分热衷的人们都知道这位英雄在平时装扮成克拉克·肯特———一位举止温和工作勤奋的《全球日报》的记者。当需要肯特施展超人的本领时，

　　他就会钻进一个照相亭，在转眼间的旋转中将装束变成超人所穿的紧身衣和红斗篷，而旋转是为了不让旁观者看清是怎么变的。

　　漫画家托尼·奥特把超人的这一惯常做法倒了过来，用以取笑加州新州长———56岁的肌肉发达的阿诺德·施瓦辛格。10月7日原州长戴维斯下台了，而由健美冠军、奥地利移民和功夫电影明星取而代之。转瞬间小阿诺德从一位电影中的超级英雄变成了一个州的领导人———该州正被复杂的经济问题、大量失业以及州议会的政治僵局所困扰。

　　加州人民1966年曾经选举了电影演员里根作为州长，那么这次选施瓦辛格为什么显得很奇怪呢？首先，当时里根涉足政治已经很长时间，演戏已不是主业，为当州长所作的准备比施瓦辛格要多得多。第二，里根在那些住在郊区家道殷实的共和党保守派与商界领导人当中很受欢迎，换句话说，他有着多年来打造的稳固的政治基础。而施瓦辛格的情况就不同了，他是共和党温和派的代表，而这一派有时被形容为濒危物种。最后，1966年时加州的经济状况很好，议会想提高税收没有任何阻力。但是到了1978年，加州人投票通过了限制财产税的法案，而若要征收任何新的税，必须有65%以上的州议员同意才行；此后，他们还以新的方式束缚住了议员们的手脚。这就是2003年的加州与以往的不同之处。

　　奥特的这幅漫画表现了像超人似的施瓦辛格从空中俯冲下来变成了肯特，当他意识到自己那些怪诞的力量如今已没有用时就大喊一声“Script！(脚本)”，这句话是导演在拍片时发现情节或对话有了问题而需修改脚本时所喊的。但是，没有任何电影魔力能够为施瓦辛格州长提供他所需要的幸运与招数，来解决加州诸多的令人棘手的问题。