Gift 2
Blair turned me on to some dark cinema of many types. Years ago, I'd avoid something bloody, dark, gothic, or alt in cinema. Still, when I know an incredible bloody scene in a movie is coming up, I'll cover my eyes if it seems real. But, most times, I see the blood as either a Hollywood goo, or a "metaphor", symbolic of something. And, because of what myth in movies has to share with us, this gore is part of the telling of human mythic stories we need to know and be familiar with. These mythic stories tell of journeys of humans, in fact, most humans. They include quests, tests of skill, and dangers. Many dark mythic stories have tales of warning. "Our mythic stories we need to know are hidden in the West's Movies", Joseph Campbell, great mythologist.
Now, there are twists and remakes of stories. Many fairy tales and old historical tales of monsters, demons, and quests have many version. Interestingly, these tales though retold, are present in all cultures of all times in the world, though they are very very hidden in modern Western Culture......veiled in movies, video games, and the fewer books being read.
One type of remake sets itself apart from the various versions of Little Red Riding Hood or Rapunzel, stories of our own inner soul. And, one type is a variance from the darkness found in the gothic story, the Grimm tale, the bloodied search for the Holy Grail, or Homer's Harsh Quest. And, this remake again sets itself apart from those movies I study for the human theme and lesson or warning in life:
- horror movies
- zombie
- Apocalypse movies
like
- 2012, a story of world disaster from warming of the oceans
- World War Z: a story of global disease, and though the disease reanimates the dead, the disease seems a possibility in our global travel times
- The Wall: dark enemies attack the China Wall, forcing an alliance of a Western Hero and the Chinese arts of fighting and explosives
- Zombie Apocalypse: there are those undead who are out to eat you, a metaphor of the undead takers around you and even the psychopaths described in this blog.....brains....flesh.....you.
These dark movies are called the "mythological warnings"
don't go there it's dangerous, or be fully prepared
be aware things could change fast, look out for harm
and, most thematic of all: there are people who will take, rip off, use, kill, you just like any Vampire movie or TV show, by way of conning.......if you don't know cons, what critical thinking is, and what propaganda is: you'll be eaten like any person in the South Promised a Job by Donald Trump, and now you're starving!!!
Be Warned!
So, what is this anti-remake or version of the mythic warning of the undead, the dark, and dangers? What can be counter to that mythic taker of mythologies worldwide? What can be some variance from:
- the witch
- the eating zombie undead
- undead of all sorts
- conning shapeshifters of Vampires and Werewolf mythology
- giant one eyed monsters and tiny seemingly innocuous sprites, dwarfs, peskies, pixies, Pans that debauch you, and even the Tooth Fairy that unbeknownst to modern parents is a pixie creature that eats your teeth at night
- evil clowns, the undead with the red noses (the red nose representing the frostbitten and rotting face of that Northern freezing-you creature)
- Bogey Me, creatures of the dark and unknown places
- and so on
(Fill in this list with your favorite dark characters, villains, and even alt gothic creatures you may avoid thinking about or avoid a movie that includes, and you have a list of pan-cultural world warning MYTHS, perhaps the worst of all being the conning glamoring fooling hypnotizing types that are right in your midst: the vampire next door or in public office!
This variation, then is the Parody. It is a twist on the Mythic Villain. For some, it may lessen the import of the story. For others, it's a fun way to learn about them. And, fun is good! Children often make up stories or songs about the villains, and this is for them an intro to learning about danger when other dark images might be too frightening for the emergent minds and brains.
Parody is also a way to "not fight the villain with the villain's fire". That is, if you try to use the witch's methods, or Donald Trump's methods that are dark. you WIll be eventually caught by them.
Parody offers a taunt or poke from you to the villain. It employs an opposite way to confront.
One such movie is Mel Brooks' "Young Doctor Frankenstein. In this movie is a clear presentation of the psychopath in a humorous approach. The humorous approach is to make the characteristic of the villain extreme. That is, we turn up the volume on a characteristic by 20 or 100%, just like the story of confronting the Bogart in the Harry Potter Movies: face what is fearful like your school teacher, then put a Tutu on Her in your mind.
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
So, what is a psychopath? They are everywhere, and here are examples from the parody movie Young Dr. Frankenstein:
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
1. Is self-focused: nothing else exists outside of this
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
2. Is intent on one thing, focused on only the self-serving projects
It may seem like it serves the greater good: don't be fooled
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
3. is manic like in that intent. Has brilliance in many areas of life. Let's nothing get in way. Psychopaths have been creators of great war victories and genocides, taking riches, slaves, and land. Manic like means: a brilliant idea that has gone off into left field, is now bizarre, and is driven with endless energy and mind resources
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
4. We sometimes pick up that there is an Evil Intent of all of it, unless the psychopath is also a master at Propaganda, White Washing the Truth, Alliance Building, and the Con
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
5. Has no compassion for the humanity or humans around, but has an intent of creating Slaves. Here' the reanimation of the dead corpse is very metaphoric: their aids, servants, and slaves may have been murdered emotionally by the Dr., then reanimated. And, a corpse to experiment on is more valuable than a real person. "I'll make a child in my own image and create a double that keeps my legacy going on" is the bizarre story. Most psychopaths have rejected their own children for the selection of an oddball progenitor, and this has often been the basis in history for children killing or imprisoning their own crazy father: kill or be killed by Dad, imprison or get no inheritance.
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
6. HE Has:
- submissive helpers who worship and ego stroke Dr. Frankenstein
- door keepers that keep people out using some method of intimidation, threat, or humiliation
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
7. people are just products, resources, and often disposable: corpses to be used, brains to be pickled for future uses
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
8. There may be a "Mrs. Young Frankenstein" in the wings, hidden. Her biggest failing is likely she's not THE BLOND. She is kept, but kept hidden.
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
9. Blonds are admired at all times. Some, are paid for their services, whether as worshipful servants or "MALE's PAID COMPANIONS". Never would "MALE PAID COMPANIONS" known to the psychopath be called a street name: hooker, call girl, or prostitute. These paid Blonds come and go, as the psychopaths needs new stimulation every few weeks!
The psychopath's libido is odd: a teenage view of romance and of one's prowess. See the 13 books on psychopaths for more on libido and prowess issues.
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
10. the live in wealthy secreted castles, and unless you're one of these, you're not invited:
a blond
a worshipping servant
a corpse
The Mythology of Young Dr. Frankenstein
10. If the body reanimates, it still has the goal of the Evil Dr: get you, eat you, create fear, you're food.
Pix here form Abbott and Costello portraying Frankenstein as the Vampire.
Do you have a favorite movie you have found the mythic warning story in? Be sure to share that in the comment section here. Thanks.
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