Walter would see that commercial... probably having breakfast, let's say. He'd very, very delicately pad his mouth dry with his napkin, turn his television set off, get in his car, probably go to some area like a suburban mall and within two to three hours, three women would be hanging upside-down, gutted and their blood drained.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker imagines a serial killer named Walter watching a commercial, then later murdering three women in a mall area.
- In plain terms
- He envisions Walter seeing a commercial, then killing three women in a mall.
- What can you take from it?
- Imagined scenarios can illustrate a perpetrator’s pattern.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What effect does vivid violent imagination have on audiences?
- How does media consumption relate to violent thoughts?
Another view
It glorifies violent fantasy without context.
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