Originally posted by: tweaker
I agree with Shifty--King Kong was never meant to terrify the audience. That's the whole point of the story--we're supposed to be horrified by the behavior of the PEOPLE. This is a moral tale disguised as a monster movie, kinda like how the original Dawn of the Dead was a commentary on the horrors of human nature, disguised as a zombie movie.
I agree with Shifty--King Kong was never meant to terrify the audience. That's the whole point of the story--we're supposed to be horrified by the behavior of the PEOPLE. This is a moral tale disguised as a monster movie, kinda like how the original Dawn of the Dead was a commentary on the horrors of human nature, disguised as a zombie movie.
I think this quote says it best...
"The name of this song is "King Kong". It's the story of a very large gorilla who lived in the jungle. And he was doing okay until some Americans came by and thought that they would take him home with them. They took him to the United States, and they made some money by using the Gorilla, then they killed him."
-Frank Zappa
