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13. And then...and then we had the rise of the antihero

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:09 AM

18 hrs ago

Dirty Harry, Death Wish 1-55, The Sopranos and on and on.

I have posted this before, but in the movie Psycho, there is a scene in which the killer has put the victim’s body in the trunk of a car and attempted to sink it into a swamp. At one point, the car stops descending into the waters and both the killer and the audience are afraid that his plan has failed, but then after a short while it begins to descend again. Hitchcock has made the audience an accomplice to the murder. He knew his customer.

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Wake the hell up... [View all] PCIntern 20 hrs ago OP

rec for the billy mumy reference rampartd 20 hrs ago #1

Yep. calimary 19 hrs ago #2

You are so right. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #3

Excellent point... PCIntern 19 hrs ago #4

We are sharing a brain, John. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #5

If it's like some people here.... durablend 19 hrs ago #7

Always nice to hear from you, S. PCIntern 18 hrs ago #14

Will do. FalloutShelter 18 hrs ago #16

Everybody breaks and bends laws. OC375 19 hrs ago #6

It's driving me mad purr-rat beauty 19 hrs ago #8

So often I have commented that what we are experiencing with Trump and his cohorts is surreal. Bumbles 18 hrs ago #9

More coma than nightmare,IMHO. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #19

Hear, hear! ZDU 18 hrs ago #10

Very well said PatSeg 18 hrs ago #11

And then...and then we had the rise of the antihero PCIntern 18 hrs ago #13

Oh yes! PatSeg 18 hrs ago #17

Acquiescent accomplices. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #22

"They will never get rid of Roe v Wade, they won't dare touch the Voting Rights Act, people are not going to vote dalton99a 18 hrs ago #12

It is a disease and it has infected so many. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #15

Righteously right-on piece! Just Jerome 18 hrs ago #18

I just saw your reply... Pluvious 17 hrs ago #24

How much cruelty, violence, and murder did children see on TV? Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #20

I have a very specialized education: I went to Catholic schools, taught by nuns FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #21

Correction on writer of the story... Pluvious 17 hrs ago #23

Rod Serling wrote the teleplay. PCIntern 16 hrs ago #25

And the SF mags are now gone orthoclad 6 hrs ago #29

I agree. I was born in 1947. OLDMDDEM 16 hrs ago #26

We ARE living in the Twilight Zone. usonian 15 hrs ago #27

Creatures of the id orthoclad 6 hrs ago #28