""Earlier Melody had vowed she would never, ever be caught with her own pants down. Like the Norman Rockwell Calendar Woman lugging such a huge bag of groceries for her family (shouldering such a great burden of 'social responsibility') that-in the perpetual lurching of the Crowded, Sardine Packed Bus-her underwear had slowly (and shamefully) inched down around her ankles."" American Paranoia attempts to graphically and subjectively portray the hidden minefield of invisible control within America that transcends all class boundaries and affects not only the poor but the rich as well. Along with the eternal struggle of ordinary people to keep their head above the water (and their pants on) in a country that is without a doubt the best in the world on paper but has (for all too many) a very dangerous and hidden underside.