Spooped: The Babadook (part 2)
Sick! You decided to listen to me even more :) If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you probably didn’t read part 1, so here’s a link: https://bramsfunblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/spooped-babadook-part-1.html Alright! So where to start? I don’t know rhetorical Bram, why don’t you decide? (Tricked you- both of those sentences were actua lly rhetorical Bram!) Shenans aside, there’s a lot to talk about because there are a lot of ways you can take this movie. Signs this movie needed to be spooped: Mr. Babadook the LGBTQ+ icon Here are a few ways you can look at it: 1) it’s just a scary story. It doesn’t mean anything. 2) Amelia is the protagonist, who is being haunted for some reason. 3) Samuel is the protagonist, who is being f orced to grow up because his mom is the true piece of sqib in the story. It’s a coming of age story 4) This one’s my favorite to think about. Mr. Babadook is the protagonist! Say what?!? How? You’ll see :) 5) Some minor character is t