Unnatural Killers Argumentative Essay
English 101
7/10/07
Option One In this day and age, people are always looking for scapegoats to blame when a horrific crime happen in our society. Sometimes, creators of violent films are labeled as malefactor for their art work because people argue it entices violence and they should be held accountable when an individual imitates their violent art work. However, I think the film makers should not be held liable for possible consequences of their films because they are exercising their constitutional rights by creating these films and people should be held accountable for their own actions instead using them as scapegoats. It is imperative that there are absolutely no restrictions on these filmmakers with regards to their art work, and …show more content…
There are no indications that these filmmakers condone the actions of the "lunatics" that try to mimic their work because movies are art with the purpose of entertaining an audience.
Researchers have not been able to establish any direct link deriving a violent crime from violent movie although there are some close imitations like the one describes by John Grisham in Unnatural killers. Unnatural killers was written by John Grisham after one of his friends was gunned down by two supposedly imitating teenagers that were allegedly inspired by Olivier Stones' movie Natural born killers. For those who have not seen Natural Born Killers, John Grisham resumed it as:
It is the repulsive story of two mindless young lovers, Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis), who blaze their way across the southwest, killing everything in their path while becoming famous. According to the script, they indiscriminately kill fifty-two people before they are caught. It seems like many more. Then they manage to kill at list fifty more as they escape from prison. They free themselves, have children, and are last seen happily down the highway in a Winnebago. John Grisham Unnatural Killers
7/10/07
Option One In this day and age, people are always looking for scapegoats to blame when a horrific crime happen in our society. Sometimes, creators of violent films are labeled as malefactor for their art work because people argue it entices violence and they should be held accountable when an individual imitates their violent art work. However, I think the film makers should not be held liable for possible consequences of their films because they are exercising their constitutional rights by creating these films and people should be held accountable for their own actions instead using them as scapegoats. It is imperative that there are absolutely no restrictions on these filmmakers with regards to their art work, and …show more content…
There are no indications that these filmmakers condone the actions of the "lunatics" that try to mimic their work because movies are art with the purpose of entertaining an audience.
Researchers have not been able to establish any direct link deriving a violent crime from violent movie although there are some close imitations like the one describes by John Grisham in Unnatural killers. Unnatural killers was written by John Grisham after one of his friends was gunned down by two supposedly imitating teenagers that were allegedly inspired by Olivier Stones' movie Natural born killers. For those who have not seen Natural Born Killers, John Grisham resumed it as:
It is the repulsive story of two mindless young lovers, Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis), who blaze their way across the southwest, killing everything in their path while becoming famous. According to the script, they indiscriminately kill fifty-two people before they are caught. It seems like many more. Then they manage to kill at list fifty more as they escape from prison. They free themselves, have children, and are last seen happily down the highway in a Winnebago. John Grisham Unnatural Killers