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The miller’s son learned that the best starch to be obtained from grain was the starch that got compacted at the bottom.

That starch commanded a higher price.  A stiffer price.

Then, his stock of special starch was stolen.

Thus went the story of the Raiders of the Low Starch.

This new serial killer was the bane of Hollywood.

Studio executives were terrorized, production companies’ stock was plummeting…  Most productions were put on hold, pending the arrest of this madman.

But the populace cheered him on.

The more serials, sequels, prequels and remakes got killed, the more fans he got.