"Deservin's got nothin' to do with it."

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I'm sure that some would like to believe that this type of behavior is not tolerated today in the 21st century. "Deservin's got nothin' to do with it," is a ridiculous statement that would only be accepted in the 1800's in small western towns, where there are outlaws and sheriffs that don't play by the rules. Right?

Wrong.

The concept of killing someone who "doesn't deserve it" is still present in society today. Author, journalist, and a writer/producer for HBO TV series The Wire, David Simon, examines this in a 2008 episode of The Wire. (0:40 to 0:45, warning: naughty language)



As you can see, this is the exact phrase that William Munny says before he kills Little Bill. I am not trying to argue about whether anybody deserves to die and what makes killing justifiable. Rather, I am trying to show that people believed and still do believe, that sometimes in regards to killing someone, deservin's got nothin' to do with it.

Blog Post #1

I really enjoyed watching Citizen Kane for the first time last week but unfortunately for me I already knew what the ending was going to be (thanks to a person in my math class who shall remain nameless). However, what makes this film so good is that even by knowing the ending the viewer still doesn't completely understand the character of Charles Foster Kane until the movie is watched in its entirety. Even if the viewer knows that "Rosebud" is Kane's (spoiler alert!) sled when beginning the film, it doesn't come close to fully explaining the character of Kane. To quote Thomson at the end of the film "I don't think that word can explain a man's life." Truer words were never spoken.