I just want to comment on the societal effect of films like this on disaffected young men. Label someone a villain and it lets you think you have moral license to inflict a plethora of horrors upon him. I am relating this to the recent deportation to El Salvador of the Venezuelans accused without trial of being part of a gang. In films y…
I just want to comment on the societal effect of films like this on disaffected young men. Label someone a villain and it lets you think you have moral license to inflict a plethora of horrors upon him. I am relating this to the recent deportation to El Salvador of the Venezuelans accused without trial of being part of a gang. In films you may see the villains do their evil, but in real life, violence is often committed against innocent victims who are perceived to be evil by those who seek vengeance for false reasons. Here I am thinking of lynchings. Films like this perpetrate the idea that violence is an appropriate response to evil. Satisfying though they may be, it is my opinion that films like this are harmful to society.
I just want to comment on the societal effect of films like this on disaffected young men. Label someone a villain and it lets you think you have moral license to inflict a plethora of horrors upon him. I am relating this to the recent deportation to El Salvador of the Venezuelans accused without trial of being part of a gang. In films you may see the villains do their evil, but in real life, violence is often committed against innocent victims who are perceived to be evil by those who seek vengeance for false reasons. Here I am thinking of lynchings. Films like this perpetrate the idea that violence is an appropriate response to evil. Satisfying though they may be, it is my opinion that films like this are harmful to society.