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Odd that I felt drawn to this shortly after it’s 20th anniversary. This weaves a narrative much different than the one we are used to: a lonely, goth outcast who finds himself bullied by the more popular or well off students and suddenly snaps. No. This is a picture of humanity. This is two boys who would have blended in on any other day of the week, two boys that the media took advantage of for their own personal gain, two boys that were construed to be something they weren’t, all to paint a narrative that would make people feel better instead of make people understand the truth. School shootings have risen since this. People are inspired by this. How are we supposed to feel? How do we solve this? Can we even solve this without making an entire group of people feel isolated and alienated?
This is going to sit with me for a while.
This is going to sit with me for a while.