Comments on: A killing spree

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:31:24 +0000

I’ve always figured it’s anti-feminist backlash.

By: Hillsy

Hillsy — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:14:33 +0000

Indeed – there’s a massive difference between killing and murder (or you could read that as Violence and Power).

The fact that men die due to violence in a ratio far outweighing women is as much an indicator of our inherent media sexism as the fact women are ‘victims’ far more often. Just that men get the far better end of the image deal when it comes to taking those tropes into society at large.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:49:44 +0000

Ha! You make a convincing argument, Anthony. There are categories of fiction storytelling that are all about racking up the body count. Also, I think there’s a difference between the violence men perpetrate on each other in a warrior-like setting (all of the shows you cite would qualify) and the crime novels with their hunter-prey paradigm.

By: Anthony Pacheco

Anthony Pacheco — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:34:43 +0000

I am left wondering what shows, films and books you are reading. Almost every critically claimed series with a high body count has men stacked up dead by a huge margin. 10 to 1 or even higher:

The Sopranos: so many dead dudes compared to poor Adriana.

Game of Thrones: all the dead dudes, plus a few moms and a handful of spear wives.

The Lord of the Rings: Dead men everywhere. And some come back from the dead so they can be killed again.

Breaking Bad: Dead, dead. And more dead. Guys.

Sons of Anarchy: A dead mom and a white supremest daughter and one hundred dead men. And rising.

Etc., etc.

While I recognize some genres, like Mystery, features the Damsel in Distress Goes Splat probably one time too many, if we stacked up All the dead, the women’s bodies compose the lobby of the Empire State Building while the pile of dead men has pushed through the roof and achieved orbit.