IMHO, his attitude was kind of an insult to veterans, rape victims, prisoners of war, victims of extremist dictatorships, people who experience racism/sexism/etc. I guess what irks me the most, is that his flawed and hypocritical reasoning seemed to be the foundation for his philosophy of being a recluse.Īnd, in the process, he behaved like someone who was going through the biggest trauma imaginable when in reality everything revealed in the film that was supposedly the source of the trauma are things that most people experience - sexual hang-ups, bullying, physical abuse, depression. Unlike someone with severe schizophrenia (the kind where you are basically on a bad acid trip your entire life and can barely take care of yourself), he was capable enough to get on with his life. Was he so zonked out by medication that he couldn't be a technical writer or illustrator for a textbook company or something? Probably not. Easy life.Įveryone has mental illness to some degree. Very strange, given how supposedly abusive he was and how much Charles feared and loathed him. Charles Crumb was a just a coward.Īlso, if his father was such a tyrant, why did he stay at his house? Why did he choose to live under his father's roof for his entire life? In his journals it reveals that his father lived at that house for many, many years after Charles gave up on life. There are people who have been raped, molested and beaten half to death, but they still go out and face the world. It's his choice to live inside for his entire life. I'm sorry, but I can't feel sympathy for someone who has advantages in life but choses to feel depressed and live in cushy, self-imposed isolation. Nobody would've tried to confront him about something that he is smart enough to hide convincingly. His journals express how he fears going outside because of "vigilantes" who want to attack him because of his sexual hang ups - he's a genius, so he can put on a convincing poker face from nine to five, I'm sure. Who wouldn't want to do that? Better than having to work every day. He's a genius with talents that could give him a cushy position in life, and he fails to see how privileged he is that he gets to stay inside and read books all day. He's very fortunate but acts like a prisoner. I was always being beaten up, but if I tried to live at home and wallow in self-pity for the rest of my life my parents would've shown me the door. And all because he was bullied in high school? Grow the hell up, we were all bullied. I take strong medication too, but I'm not fortunate enough that I get to avoid working my ass off every day. I'm sorry, but I can't really feel sympathy for Charles
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