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François Ruffin Quotes Stan Lee on Spider-Man in French Parliament

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François Ruffin is a French journalist and social activist. Founder and editor of the satirical quarterly magazine Fakir and director of the film Merci patron!, he is, of last year, an elected politician, and a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Somme, and deputy leader of the France Insoumise party.

But his history of cartoons in Fakir suggests a wider knowledge of the comic book medium. As he just managed to quote Stan Lee (in the original French) in the National Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France…

And here is the quote in question…

François Ruffin Quotes Stan Lee on Spider-Man in French Parliament

« un grand pouvoir implique de grandes responsabilités », with great powers comes great responsibility, in a speech about the power of multinationals in the French parliament.

Here's the original use…

François Ruffin Quotes Stan Lee on Spider-Man in French Parliament

And the movie repurposing…

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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