(January 11, 2023 at 11:18 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 11, 2023 at 9:24 am)Belacqua Wrote: I haven't seen it since it first came out, but...
As I recall, part of the dynamic of that movie was that Clarice was supposed to be a rural American, not at all sophisticated. She's resourceful and clever, not stupid, but culturally not sophisticated. While Hannibal has high-class cultural tastes.
In fact the only character in popular culture who would read Dante or T.S. Eliot is a serial killer cannibal.
Wrong on all counts, but I'll focus on the last one:
-Josiah Bartlet
-Charles Xavier
-Sheldon Cooper
-Gregory House
-Sherlock Holmes
-Lilith Sternin-Crane
-Bruce Wayne
All of whom have quoted Dante, Eliot, or both.
Your characterization of Starling is also way, WAY off base.
Boru
You try too hard to prove yourself.
"Imagination, life is your creation"
