Just when you thought you couldn't despise Andrews Behring Breivik any more than you already did, you find out about Paul Greenglass' Netflix movie 22 July and somehow, a man who killed 77 people becomes even more loathsome than before.
Before I elaborate on this, I'd like to talk about Dragnet, specifically the episode "Burglary: Mister." The crook of the week is Mr. Daniel Lumis. He was one of the most jaw-droppingly egotistical criminals I'd ever seen in any media. He insisted on people calling him "MISTER Daniel Lumis" (even having the full name and title tattooed on his arm) and when Joe and Bill went to confront him, he not only admitted to the crimes, but was convinced they'd let him go and apologise for bothering him. Said crimes:
And then, when I watched 22 July and saw that, a third of the way through, while trying to negotiate, he demanded to be sent to the hospital and sought medical attention for a cut on his finger. That cut was the result of shrapnel... from the skull of one of the boys he killed. And then it turned out that, after his conviction, he complained about the conditions in his prison cell (downright palatial in comparison to the ones in America), and even complained about the stab-proof pens giving him writer's cramp, saying it's ""an almost indescribable manifestation of sadism." Writer's cramp is "an almost indescribable manifestation of sadism."
Finally, I think, since I started with Dragnet, I may as well end with Dragnet.
Remember when even right-wing reactionaries didn't hesitate in condemning Nazis? Rev. Rye remembers.
Before I elaborate on this, I'd like to talk about Dragnet, specifically the episode "Burglary: Mister." The crook of the week is Mr. Daniel Lumis. He was one of the most jaw-droppingly egotistical criminals I'd ever seen in any media. He insisted on people calling him "MISTER Daniel Lumis" (even having the full name and title tattooed on his arm) and when Joe and Bill went to confront him, he not only admitted to the crimes, but was convinced they'd let him go and apologise for bothering him. Said crimes:
- After being left alone with his wife's elderly, blind, mother, he sells EVERYTHING in the house except for the old lady and a crate she can sit on. He explains he did this because he needed the money; he also insists he only spent his ill-gotten gains on the finer things in life, and never any necessities.
- Stealing his mother's burial money, which he insists was because he was written out of her will and had to get something out of it.
- Moved in with a roommate (played by one of the Schoolhouse Rock guys), claimed to be paying the rent, but was really stealing his money and other things.
- Married another woman (before this current wife), and left her when she got pregnant (without divorcing her.)
- Being in the process of wooing yet another girl and planning on running off with the honeymoon fund. (He used the "don't be sad it's over, be happy it ever was" justification.)
And then, when I watched 22 July and saw that, a third of the way through, while trying to negotiate, he demanded to be sent to the hospital and sought medical attention for a cut on his finger. That cut was the result of shrapnel... from the skull of one of the boys he killed. And then it turned out that, after his conviction, he complained about the conditions in his prison cell (downright palatial in comparison to the ones in America), and even complained about the stab-proof pens giving him writer's cramp, saying it's ""an almost indescribable manifestation of sadism." Writer's cramp is "an almost indescribable manifestation of sadism."
Finally, I think, since I started with Dragnet, I may as well end with Dragnet.
Remember when even right-wing reactionaries didn't hesitate in condemning Nazis? Rev. Rye remembers.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
