Sunday, April 26, 2009

Silence of the Lambs analysis - part 30: The world's collective shadow

CATEGORY: MOVIES

As was observed in part 19 of this analysis, Lecter's mingling with the on-screen crowd at the very end of the movie, is reminiscent of how each person in the audience mingles with the others as he or she leaves the theater. This is an indication that there is some correspondence between Lecter, and the viewing public, i.e., the general public. In fact, Lecter represents some kind of 'collective' component of our psyches, no doubt something to do with our dark side as a society, since Lecter is evil: what could be thought of as our collective shadow. Since Lecter represents evil hermaphroditic Jews, the indication is that evil hermaphroditic Jews, as a group, are the world's collective shadow.


      

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