Natural Born Killers Analysis

**Analysis: The meaning of the Natural Born Killers is that human beings have become so desensitized to violence that we are now “Natural Born Killers.”**

Examples that support this Natural Born Killers analysis:

References to different types of TV shows and TV violence

– Cartoons
– Westerns
– News, especially tabloid TV
– Cop shows and dramas
– Black and white
– Godzilla
– Sitcoms and romances
– Violent nature programs

Examples of American violence

– Domestic abuse
– Fireworks and bombs
– The cops are also guilty of violence
– Rodney King / Tonya Harding / Menendez brothers
– Killing the native American was wrong

Examples of desensitization to violence

– Mickey and Mallory are loved around the world
– “It’s just murder – all of god’s creatures do it in one form or another”
– In many cases, violence is embraced (the prison riot)
– The film itself shows how the viewer has seen all of this kind of violence before

References to media as a big part of the problem because TV violence is inescapable

– “Do you believe in fate Mallory?”
– “It’s like when Frankenstein kills Dr. Frankenstein”
– “Killing you, and what you represent, is a statement”
– “Love beats the demon”