Edward Scissorhands (1990)
A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Tim Burton (story), Caroline Thompson (story), 1 more credit »
When it comes to monster movies. I like films where you are not really sure if who the monster is. I have always been a bit of an outsider trapped in the world created by the supposed "cool kids". In the High School analogy of Hyenas & Wildebeests, I am most certainly a Wildebeest.
Being a Wildebeest skews your view of the world. Edward Scissorhands is a Wildebeest movie. It exposes and mocks the habits of the Hyenas. The scariest part of this film is in the people who surround Edward. It's in the simple suburbanite mentality that both celebrates and vilifies the odd or strange. Hyenas are funny that way.
It appears everybody is happiest when they can manipulate Edward to their own ends. You can see the damn Hyenas circling the lone Wildebeest preparing to strike it down as a source of sustenance.
It isn't until Edward tries to follow his own heart that the suburbanite culture turns on him, until the herd mentality strikes him down.
The problem with this analogy is that a herd of stampeding Wildebeest is the most dangerous thing in jungle. A herd of stampeding outsiders is the most dangerous thing in life. When the disenfranchised get together for a common goal, they ae very dangerous.
Maybe that's wy the Hyenas try to strike us down when we stand alone. Maybe it's why Wildebeest are sooooooo cynical. Maybe I'm the only guy who can get this analogy from Edward Scissorhands. The monster in this film is the narrow mindedness of the general populace, and that's what really frightens the bejeezus out of me.
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