Slate has a little article about The Enlightened Bracketologistup. I prefer my theory. Bracketing things like that relies too much on initial positioning.
I saw that too. When they listed "greatest movie deaths" I immediately thought of Bonnie and Clyde (I've pondered this before), but as I went through their little bracketting exercise I started preferring the Wicked Witch. Ultimately it was hard to decide.
What does their theory have to do with your theory anyway? They seem unrelated to me.
The Wicked Witch is pretty much untoppable isn't it? I mean, the contest isn't "most violent movie death," it's not "scariest movie death," it's not "saddest movie death," it's "GREATEST movie death." And the death of the Wicked Witch is just SO great. I mean what is greater? Maybe the death of God or something. Maybe the death of Jesus! Oh wait.
I hate to take you away from your Wicked Witch, but Jake, I'm not sure what your theory even is. Perhaps if you explain it a little bit, I would be able to decide if yours is in fact better (using brackets of course).
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I saw that too. When they listed "greatest movie deaths" I immediately thought of Bonnie and Clyde (I've pondered this before), but as I went through their little bracketting exercise I started preferring the Wicked Witch. Ultimately it was hard to decide.
What does their theory have to do with your theory anyway? They seem unrelated to me.
I chose the Wicked Witch.
All theories are related.
Brackets are much more fun as a social activity.
The Wicked Witch is pretty much untoppable isn't it? I mean, the contest isn't "most violent movie death," it's not "scariest movie death," it's not "saddest movie death," it's "GREATEST movie death." And the death of the Wicked Witch is just SO great. I mean what is greater? Maybe the death of God or something. Maybe the death of Jesus! Oh wait.
The Wicked Witch is better than those. What other death has nearly 100% popular recognition just from saying two words?
And the weird things is, even in that sappy musical you feel bad for the villian that's been trying to kill a cute girl from Kansas. What a world!
It's the idea that someone so great could be brought down by just a little girl - who wasn't even trying to kill her! Even Dorothy feels bad about it.
I hate to take you away from your Wicked Witch, but Jake, I'm not sure what your theory even is. Perhaps if you explain it a little bit, I would be able to decide if yours is in fact better (using brackets of course).
Haha, there is a reason I titled it "TOWARDS a Theory of Artist Taste".
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