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Webster's dictionary defines "madness" as:
"a state of severe mental illness" or "unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility".
I was always told that an insane person couldn't tell they were insane because that would require a certain level of rational thought and self awareness that the person loses when the descend into madness. And yet we've all seen shows where a villain is crazy and the victim or hero calls them such, and the villain defiantly or playful agrees. Now we could write this off as just them being a cocky asshole and agreeing to taunt the person they're dealing with. But is that really all there is to it?
Everyone saw Us right? That movie by Jordan Peele? The guy who blew up as a comedian on MadTV and Comedy Central then he suddenly went into directing and blew people's minds with Get Out. Well Us is his second movie. We can discuss that movie if yall want but I just want to touch on one aspect of right now.
In the movie there are a lot of crazed people. Insanity takes many forms. Some people go mad quickly and bounce back due to a stressful fearful scarring moment. Others minds go back due to years of torturous situations. In the movie, a little of both is at play. And yet there are still very intelligent minds behind some of the crazed characters.
My question is: "If a person lives a life of acute self-awareness and one day goes insane, isn't it possible, due to their observation of their past action and how they conflict with their current ones and their knowledge of other's actions in relation to them, that they ACTUALLY CAN know they're insane."
I might even venture that to some degree any insane character taunting others about being insane maybe not believe they are insane but know the reaction they can elicit from being madness so they agree when called such.
Now where am I going with this? There's a JOKER movie coming soon. They want to make it a character study. Is that possible when we all know Joker is so bat-shit insane that evaluation of himself rarely happens. Won't the movie just degrade into odd stuff he does and reaction shots from on-lookers? Especially if Joker is known to have a long and on-going career as a crazed murderous villain.
"a state of severe mental illness" or "unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility".
I was always told that an insane person couldn't tell they were insane because that would require a certain level of rational thought and self awareness that the person loses when the descend into madness. And yet we've all seen shows where a villain is crazy and the victim or hero calls them such, and the villain defiantly or playful agrees. Now we could write this off as just them being a cocky asshole and agreeing to taunt the person they're dealing with. But is that really all there is to it?
Everyone saw Us right? That movie by Jordan Peele? The guy who blew up as a comedian on MadTV and Comedy Central then he suddenly went into directing and blew people's minds with Get Out. Well Us is his second movie. We can discuss that movie if yall want but I just want to touch on one aspect of right now.
In the movie there are a lot of crazed people. Insanity takes many forms. Some people go mad quickly and bounce back due to a stressful fearful scarring moment. Others minds go back due to years of torturous situations. In the movie, a little of both is at play. And yet there are still very intelligent minds behind some of the crazed characters.
My question is: "If a person lives a life of acute self-awareness and one day goes insane, isn't it possible, due to their observation of their past action and how they conflict with their current ones and their knowledge of other's actions in relation to them, that they ACTUALLY CAN know they're insane."
I might even venture that to some degree any insane character taunting others about being insane maybe not believe they are insane but know the reaction they can elicit from being madness so they agree when called such.
Now where am I going with this? There's a JOKER movie coming soon. They want to make it a character study. Is that possible when we all know Joker is so bat-shit insane that evaluation of himself rarely happens. Won't the movie just degrade into odd stuff he does and reaction shots from on-lookers? Especially if Joker is known to have a long and on-going career as a crazed murderous villain.