On my recent sabbatical I had time to watch a \u201cslasher movie\u201d titled \u201cHeart Eyes.\u201d The antagonist is a serial killer who wears an ugly mask with heart-shaped cuts around the eyes. Had some humor in it, whether unintentional or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is theorized that people watch this stuff because the vicarious fear for the helpless victim chased by the armed monster safely gives them a little bit of an adrenaline dump. The murderer is always chasing said helpless victim, one step behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For people like me, and probably you, it generates the thought: \u201cIf that helpless victim only had a gun and knew how to use it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That \u201cknew how to use it\u201d part is critical. \u201cHeart Eyes\u201d has a scene where the female protagonist picks up a Glock dropped by a cop the killer has murdered, and just about empties it without hitting the perpetrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t blame Hollywood. If they\u2019d had a heroine who could have just blown the murderer\u2019s brains out, the audience would only get the small dopamine hit of seeing the bad guy receive his just desserts, the movie would have been over after only a few minutes, and the audience would be storming the ticket counter asking for their money back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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