7 dead, 7 wounded in Santa Barbara shooting rampage

Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow don't appreciate the blame pointed their way:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/05/27/seth-rogen-and-judd-apatow-dont-blame-us-for-misogynistic-massacre/

 

And, the Post's film critic takes a second swing at the issue:

As un-fun as it is to be slammed by famous people, I could understand Apatow and Rogen’s dismay. Why would a movie reviewer even weigh in on the Isla Vista tragedy in the first place? It happened that Rodger taped a somewhat rambling, 6-minute rant, during which he explained that a combination of social and sexual rejection, loneliness and chronic feelings of unfairness contributed to the murders he was about to commit.

The video was startlingly well-produced – featuring rich lighting, careful staging and a classic California backdrop of palm trees. That, combined with the fact that Rodger himself grew up surrounded by the film industry, led me to write about how Hollywood movies – specifically wish-fulfillment fantasies and revenge-driven vigilante thrillers – might have informed an unstable young man’s ideas about what his college years and life in general were supposed to look like. Movies aren’t accurate reflections of real life, as I wrote in the essay. But there’s no doubt they powerfully condition what we desire and feel we deserve from it.

I was not using the grievous episode in Isla Vista to make myself more famous; nor was I casting blame on the movies for Rodger’s actions. Rather, in my capacity as a movie critic, I was looking at the video as a lens through which to examine questions about sexism, insecurity and entitlement, how they’ve threaded their way through an entertainment culture historically dominated by men and how they’ve shaped our own expectations as individuals and a culture. At a time when women account for less than 20 percent of filmmakers behind the camera and protagonists in front of it, I suggested that it’s long past time to expand and diversify the stories we tell ourselves.

http://wapo.st/1kld6mX

 

Imagine what she thought of Animal House

 

Belushi's zit represented Rodger's need to cream all over the place.

 

Imagine the protests by the animal rights groups over the
treatment of horses.

It's possible that Jamis Winston was driven to supermarket theft
after watching Animal House.

 

"Was it over when the PUAhaters bombed Pearl Harbor?!"

 

Seth Rogen is an untalented, obese bum who is of the same value to society as Rodger.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs

Sure he is...

 

I don't buy her theory.

But Apatow movies have been pandering bullshit for years. The one that wasn't -- Funny People -- nobody liked that one.

 

Rogen laughs at his own jokes during interviews. It's fucking embarrassing.

 

And he has lost a bit of weight lately.

 

Between Hollywood, and the carefully curated, perfect world that people project on Facebook, Instagram, etc., the folks who deal with insecurity that reaches a level of mental illness, have more reasons to hate the wold than ever before.

This kid hated that he wasn't rich, while he was surrounded by it: