tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post2021627658372438727..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Native SonSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-48091156980332745232022-10-21T20:02:50.648-05:002022-10-21T20:02:50.648-05:00It's hard not to sympathize a little with Jimm...It's hard not to sympathize a little with Jimmie, but it's also hard to sympathize with him a lot. The same is true of Alex in <i>A Clockwork Orange</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54107587810478981972022-10-16T07:19:58.395-05:002022-10-16T07:19:58.395-05:00Good call on the similarities with A Clockwork Ora...Good call on the similarities with A Clockwork Orange. Did not think of it, but obvious when you mention it.<br />I agree on the problematic extremity of his reaction and put it down to that the authors had an undeniable, historical mass murderer, but wanted to make a movie about racism. The two stories connect imperfectly.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13542393721726302072019-01-07T16:35:11.995-06:002019-01-07T16:35:11.995-06:00I'm with Jimmie. When the Law doesn't prot...I'm with Jimmie. When the Law doesn't protect you, the Law doesn't apply to you. He was actually pretty patient with the Racist Society, and everybody had their chance not to be a Total Racist Douche. Jimmie hit a point where he was done with it, and he went with the only Justice available to him: Personal Justice.<br /><br />I feel the same way about Nat Turner.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com