The Perverse Fantasy of Heroic Killing
The Charismatic Serial Killer becomes cool by living out the fantasy of lethal violence Americans suppress. Our desire to kill precedes our justifications.
Tag: Serial Killers
The Killing Taboo is a Sham
“The crime of murder is a most fundamental taboo and, also, perhaps, a most fundamental human impulse.” Paul G. Mattiuzzi, forsensic psychologist
The Meaning of Cool
Charismatic Serial Killers become “cool” by transgressing the nominal prohibition against killing in front of an audience that secretly desires killing.
American Minds & American Movies
Art reflect sociological facts about the society that created the art. Therefore, understanding the art gives insight into the sociology of that society.
The Epidemic of Serial Killers
You might think “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) and “The Legend of Korra” (2012-2014) would have nothing in common, but you’d be wrong.