10-06-2012, 04:01 AM
(10-05-2012, 04:59 PM)ham Wrote: Come on...
it's just one jackass fooling around at the computer keyboard believing he's Michael Jackson premiering moonwalk in front of Fred Astaire and getting Astaire's standing ovation...
Good point, ham. Is Gollin more like Rupert Pupkin in "The King of Comedy" or Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver"? Both are dangerous mental cases, and in that sense the comparisons are equally valid.
Pupkin lived his life vicariously through a talk show host, while Gollin tries to escape his mundane existence by pretending to be John Bear.
Bickle ostensibly found his redemption by rescuing a young girl from a life of degradation and exploitation, while Gollin contrived to degrade and exploit a vibrant woman and her family.
Gollin may believe it's "better to be king for a night, than schmuck for a lifetime," but in scheming to make himself a king he only revealed to the world what a total schmuck he really is.
I see Gollin more like a misogynist version of Bickle, except that Bickle was self-reliant. Gollin, being utterly incompetent on his own, must resort to the Manson-esque manipulation of others to wreak his retributive havoc.
But like Bickle, Gollin has lost the ability to relate to the normal world. Bickle didn't see why Betsy would object to hitting a porno movie on their first date. Gollin thinks stalking, extortion, defamation, computer hacking, impersonations and civil rights violations are perfectly appropriate behavior, then is mystified why spammers get more replies to their posts than he gets to his.