Comments on: The Slow Creep of Monsters http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-slow-creep-of-monsterous/ PAST vs PRESENT Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kerry http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-slow-creep-of-monsterous/#comment-1544 Kerry Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:58:12 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=561#comment-1544 While F.W. Murnau's "The Last Laugh" doesn't portray an obvious monster, as does his other classic "Nosferatu", he does present us with the fear of loss of self-worth. Quoting the movie's liner notes, this is a "bleak fable of an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. The Last Laugh becomes more than the plight of a single doorman but a mournful dramatization and anguish of the universal working class." The monster is embodied by the hotel manager / boss! While F.W. Murnau’s “The Last Laugh” doesn’t portray an obvious monster, as does his other classic “Nosferatu”, he does present us with the fear of loss of self-worth.

Quoting the movie’s liner notes, this is a “bleak fable of an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. The Last Laugh becomes more than the plight of a single doorman but a mournful dramatization and anguish of the universal working class.” The monster is embodied by the hotel manager / boss!

]]> By: Amy Thibodeau http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-slow-creep-of-monsterous/#comment-313 Amy Thibodeau Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:23:47 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=561#comment-313 Edward = James Dean for the modern gal. It's funny, I was never really into bad boys but I only need to look at my sister to know that I'm probably an anomaly in that respect. Edward = James Dean for the modern gal.

It’s funny, I was never really into bad boys but I only need to look at my sister to know that I’m probably an anomaly in that respect.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-slow-creep-of-monsterous/#comment-312 Jackie Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:47:42 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=561#comment-312 I'm not sure about Asma, but I think in terms of teenagers, adolescents often feel alienated and outside of social mores, so it's easy for them to identify with other outsider figures, which monsters most definitely qualify as. The adolecsent body and mind represent a true hothouse of terror for those in posession of them, and fantacising about a secret world where these percieved blights can be considered beautiful and unique probably makes those years far more bearable. And dangerous boys are always attractive to young girls, especially good looking bad boys. I’m not sure about Asma, but I think in terms of teenagers, adolescents often feel alienated and outside of social mores, so it’s easy for them to identify with other outsider figures, which monsters most definitely qualify as. The adolecsent body and mind represent a true hothouse of terror for those in posession of them, and fantacising about a secret world where these percieved blights can be considered beautiful and unique probably makes those years far more bearable. And dangerous boys are always attractive to young girls, especially good looking bad boys.

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