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Originally Posted by cosmo20002
Here's my take on Sling Blade. I actually liked it the first time I saw it. All the main actors were good. But I saw it again years later on cable, and it bugged me--I'm sick of this little mini sub-genre that exists--the dumb/mentally disabled/reeruned guy who is actually brilliant.
It's supposed to be so moving that the one who seems to be least intelligent among us is actually the smartest, the deepest, most philosophical. Carl is a dim-witted child in a man's body, yet spouts off these funny, poignant, deep thoughts about life and love. It's insulting, really.
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The point is that what these "simple" people talk about and act on are more moral and pure impulses than our own.
You find it funny, poignant, and deep because "normal" people don't act on morality and emotion alone. We bend morality. We lie to ourselves and each other. We bend the rules to fit the situation and this character doesn't.
We look at ourselves as better while we behave worse...