I just came back from watching this movie, by one of my favorite directors: Martin McDonagh.
In this movie, Sam Rockwell plays a cop named Dickson. At the very beginning of the movie, it is established that Dickson tortured a black man in the interrogation room, and the movie makes it clear that he is a racist scumbag. He is also homophobic, just like his boss, played by Woody Harrelson, who is also racist. The movie pushes this characterization hard; there is no ambiguity. Dickson is also portrayed as being extremely dumb and incompetent. Dickson is also 50 years old and still lives with his mommy.
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What a fucking intellectual travesty.
In this movie, Sam Rockwell plays a cop named Dickson. At the very beginning of the movie, it is established that Dickson tortured a black man in the interrogation room, and the movie makes it clear that he is a racist scumbag. He is also homophobic, just like his boss, played by Woody Harrelson, who is also racist. The movie pushes this characterization hard; there is no ambiguity. Dickson is also portrayed as being extremely dumb and incompetent. Dickson is also 50 years old and still lives with his mommy.
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Around the movie's midpoint, Dickson breaks into a marketing office, proceeds to brutally punch the marketing director three or four times, throws him out the window from the second floor and onto the street, then goes to find the man again, punches him again, and finishes the ordeal by violently kicking him in the face. In front of the whole town and the new police chief. He is not arrested, though he loses his job.
Not too long after, Dickson reads a letter from his racist homophobic scumbag (ex)boss, who tells him "hey man, you're actually a good guy deep down. I know it. You just have to stop being angry and you'll become the great detective that you want to be."
After that moment, Dickson loses his evil traits, and suddenly becomes a great, compassionate and cunning detective who intelligently and successfully fetches DNA from a rapist, while he and Frances McDormand's character make peace. He also says "I'm sorry" to the marketing director whom he sent to the hospital, which prompts the marketing director to pour him a glass of orange juice in an act of forgiveness.
The movie ends with Dickson and McDormand's character riding in car together as the sun rises and pretty music plays.
So what this movie is telling us is that if we can find some racist homophobic asshole and get him to send heartfelt letters to George Zimmerman, Christopher Manney, Daniel Pantaleo, Sean Williams, David Darkow, Darren Wilson, Sharlton Wampler, Antonio Villegas, Peter Liang, Timothy Loehmann, Frank Garmback, Mark Rine, Braheme Days, Roger Worley, Robert Bates and Michael Slager: they will all be magically cured of their horrible evil traits and will become straight-up men, because, you know, that's what we all are, deep down.
Not too long after, Dickson reads a letter from his racist homophobic scumbag (ex)boss, who tells him "hey man, you're actually a good guy deep down. I know it. You just have to stop being angry and you'll become the great detective that you want to be."
After that moment, Dickson loses his evil traits, and suddenly becomes a great, compassionate and cunning detective who intelligently and successfully fetches DNA from a rapist, while he and Frances McDormand's character make peace. He also says "I'm sorry" to the marketing director whom he sent to the hospital, which prompts the marketing director to pour him a glass of orange juice in an act of forgiveness.
The movie ends with Dickson and McDormand's character riding in car together as the sun rises and pretty music plays.
So what this movie is telling us is that if we can find some racist homophobic asshole and get him to send heartfelt letters to George Zimmerman, Christopher Manney, Daniel Pantaleo, Sean Williams, David Darkow, Darren Wilson, Sharlton Wampler, Antonio Villegas, Peter Liang, Timothy Loehmann, Frank Garmback, Mark Rine, Braheme Days, Roger Worley, Robert Bates and Michael Slager: they will all be magically cured of their horrible evil traits and will become straight-up men, because, you know, that's what we all are, deep down.
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