I chose to write about Chucky. As a child chucky frightened me more than anything. I see Chucky fitting under thesis II: The monster escapes. To clarify let me explain the plot a little. So the doll itself isn't evil and doesn't come to life until it is possessed by the soul of a notorious serial killer that was on the run and found himself cornered in a toy store by the police. So the serial killer is shot fatally but before he dies he uses voodoo to transfer his soul into the doll that then becomes Chucky. So one thing leads to another and the doll gets bought by a mother for her son.
So we see the antagonist escaping twice, his first escape is from the authorities and is on the run from the police. When he does get cornered by the police he escapes death. This helps us understand what Cohen is saying about monsters because we experience a monster that goes beyond the natural and that he can escape not only in a physical sense, but also in a super natural sense making the monster unstoppable or immortal in a way. The monster cannot be destroyed and instead is placed in your home where you should feel safe and is disguised as a toy, which says that nowhere is safe.
It also makes a statement that the worst monsters are the ones that you don't expect, you become comfortable with the monster and put your trust in it only to discover later what it really is, like how Chucky should be a harmless toy, ends up trying to kill you.
Nice thoughtful comment, Emily. I really enjoy your input, because every point is really explanatory plus, with examples o make it more understandable. For example chucky that makes a lot easier to understand the Cohen's thesis. In my case that I am pretty sure is really close to your experience, I was afraid of the serial killer Leprechaun that he killed every victim because they took their gold and represent the human weakness regarding of having more power, gold (money), and so on. The assimilation between Chucky, Godzilla, The Leprechaun, Freddy Kruguer and other more monsters represents the human weakness. Most of these monsters are must closely alike, because the live in two worlds in the imaginary world, and the real world that we are. Also, I would explain a little bit of the “weakness” that many humans have; Must humans decided to go for the desire, likes, and power in order to obtain gold, money and other valuables things, thus all that objects many of us feel ashamed and that’s why we crate all those monsters to show all the weakness or mistakes that many of us could fall very easy.
ReplyDeleteI hope this make sense to you and thanks for reading it
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ReplyDeleteI very much agree with your assertions about Chucky. As a child, I too had a fear of Chucky and as I continued to watch the movies over the years, got so much more out of them.I also now realize that just how Chucky fits into a categorization that I was not sure existed before now. Each of your points directly relates to Cohen's thesis and I think Chucky was a good choice of monster to explore rather than the overdone, very well-known monsters of the past.
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