It is amazing how the victims are portrayed as the "bad guys," while alternatively we are positioned to accept the shooter and his decisions. This is really playing with my mind, because I feel as though "all the other kids" deserved it - though it would be so unnatural to watch a news reel of this event, and feel as though the killing was justified.
This song can have a serious impact on the audience, not just because its a twisted sort of character, but because the twisted can really get inside your head.
Actually, it's good characterization on the song writer's part that the protagonist blames his victims - the sort of psychotic anger driving his actions is ALWAYS outward-directed.
Actually, it's good characterization on the song writer's part that the protagonist blames his victims - the sort of psychotic anger driving his actions is ALWAYS outward-directed.
Its complicated stuff. Bullying is really bad, but at the same time, the song addresses that the killer was freaking crazy. Its dark. Its putting us into the mind of the shooter, which is uncomfortable because its not black and white. Its in the mind of someone who is mentally unstable and in pain and just looking to GIVE pain. He's pretty messed up. For me personally, this doesn't portray the victims as the bad guys. It actually freaks me out a lot, haha. Its deep. Because in the mind of the shooter, he IS in the right. He feels...
Its complicated stuff. Bullying is really bad, but at the same time, the song addresses that the killer was freaking crazy. Its dark. Its putting us into the mind of the shooter, which is uncomfortable because its not black and white. Its in the mind of someone who is mentally unstable and in pain and just looking to GIVE pain. He's pretty messed up. For me personally, this doesn't portray the victims as the bad guys. It actually freaks me out a lot, haha. Its deep. Because in the mind of the shooter, he IS in the right. He feels this is justice finally being served. Whether he was wrong isn't the point of the song. The point is to give us a glimpse into what's going on in the head of the crazy.
It is amazing how the victims are portrayed as the "bad guys," while alternatively we are positioned to accept the shooter and his decisions. This is really playing with my mind, because I feel as though "all the other kids" deserved it - though it would be so unnatural to watch a news reel of this event, and feel as though the killing was justified.
This song can have a serious impact on the audience, not just because its a twisted sort of character, but because the twisted can really get inside your head.
Like siding with Christian Slater's character in "Heathers," most of us can sympathize, even fantasize, but that doesn't mean we'd do it.
Like siding with Christian Slater's character in "Heathers," most of us can sympathize, even fantasize, but that doesn't mean we'd do it.
Totally know what you mean.
Totally know what you mean.
We want to root for the underdog, but the other side of us says not to.
We want to root for the underdog, but the other side of us says not to.
This song protagonizes an antihero of sorts.
This song protagonizes an antihero of sorts.
Actually, it's good characterization on the song writer's part that the protagonist blames his victims - the sort of psychotic anger driving his actions is ALWAYS outward-directed.
Actually, it's good characterization on the song writer's part that the protagonist blames his victims - the sort of psychotic anger driving his actions is ALWAYS outward-directed.
Its complicated stuff. Bullying is really bad, but at the same time, the song addresses that the killer was freaking crazy. Its dark. Its putting us into the mind of the shooter, which is uncomfortable because its not black and white. Its in the mind of someone who is mentally unstable and in pain and just looking to GIVE pain. He's pretty messed up. For me personally, this doesn't portray the victims as the bad guys. It actually freaks me out a lot, haha. Its deep. Because in the mind of the shooter, he IS in the right. He feels...
Its complicated stuff. Bullying is really bad, but at the same time, the song addresses that the killer was freaking crazy. Its dark. Its putting us into the mind of the shooter, which is uncomfortable because its not black and white. Its in the mind of someone who is mentally unstable and in pain and just looking to GIVE pain. He's pretty messed up. For me personally, this doesn't portray the victims as the bad guys. It actually freaks me out a lot, haha. Its deep. Because in the mind of the shooter, he IS in the right. He feels this is justice finally being served. Whether he was wrong isn't the point of the song. The point is to give us a glimpse into what's going on in the head of the crazy.