@walkingdork, yes, the phrasing was a joke, calling Obama a Communist was a joke, referring to his constituents as disciples was a joke (for most), and saying that Hollywood never has Communists as the enemy is a joke (e.g. Indy 4). It follows a couple of previous jokes. However, to say it was all a 100% joke is untrue. In Hollywood today, anyone can get away with making the villains Nazis because, let's face it, no one like 'em. It's harder to get away with Communists because there are many who do sympathize, and far more of our nation is part of a Communist-related party than a Nazi-style party. I remember a conversation with several coworkers at a former behavioral health job where one said, "I think Communism is a great idea and I would be a Communist except that it doesn't ever seem to work," to which there was much agreement. I know there are purer (if overly-idealistic in my estimation) ideals to Communism (equality for all and such), but the ideology is also historically tied to several abominable acts and the stifling of independent thought and religious expression. In order for it to truly work (as my coworker pointed out, it doesn't) would require the forcible allocation of resources and suppression of individual expression and ambition. That's the only way such "equality" could be obtained, of course imposed by an elite group of above-equal dictators. Aside from all this, it is a lot harder to criticize them on film without blowback.