“Where ya goin’?” said Kord, the clean cut male that asked a young boy, walking asking for no attention. A clean cut male that looks like a man that just graduated from a 4 year university; and, maybe even the man that would kill young boys for his sick pleasure. “Breakfast Serial”, a play about the final moments of 2 young boys. Both promised with great desires of the “young boy”, but to be cheated into a game in which the only option was losing. In “Breakfast Serial”, Megan Terry encapsulates the ideas of trust, risk, and hope in one same play; with, showing emotional distress with the victims as well as the main character, showing uncommon stereotypes of serial killer and how anyone can kill, even if they’re a clean cut young male. Usually
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A bit younger than the first. However, he still has the same mindset of the first. Young and naive, wanted attention and access to some good fun, marijuana. Fell for the same mistake, ended up the same as Jeff. Naked and vulnerable, how can one defend themselves when faced with danger in a vulnerable state. As humans, we subconsciously make emotion based decisions. In Mickey’s case, he took off his clothes in hope of surviving this ordeal. With this intention he thought this would pay off in the end, yet Mickey ended up setting himself up for death. Jeff and Mickey did make an emotional decision, as well as Kord. There was also a 3rd victim, almost a victim. Royce, a young “boy” (Undercover cop, a woman) was the one to push Kord’s buttons. He was the one to finally break down the cold blooded killer in the midst of his next attack. Kord would expect the typical naive young boy; however, that quickly changed when Royce started to belittle Kord. Royce wouldn’t take any of his threats seriously, had a sense of humor, etc. Clearly got the worst of Kord, which resulted in the eventual arrest of the story’s antagonist. Ted Bundy: “attractive”, charming, and a white male. Above all, he’s a killer. It would be unexpected to the public that any man that shared the same traits as Bundy would ever commit the crimes that he did. Terry played on this concept with the main character Kord. From first glance, he looked trustworthy. Kord was perceived as the clean
A bit younger than the first. However, he still has the same mindset of the first. Young and naive, wanted attention and access to some good fun, marijuana. Fell for the same mistake, ended up the same as Jeff. Naked and vulnerable, how can one defend themselves when faced with danger in a vulnerable state. As humans, we subconsciously make emotion based decisions. In Mickey’s case, he took off his clothes in hope of surviving this ordeal. With this intention he thought this would pay off in the end, yet Mickey ended up setting himself up for death. Jeff and Mickey did make an emotional decision, as well as Kord. There was also a 3rd victim, almost a victim. Royce, a young “boy” (Undercover cop, a woman) was the one to push Kord’s buttons. He was the one to finally break down the cold blooded killer in the midst of his next attack. Kord would expect the typical naive young boy; however, that quickly changed when Royce started to belittle Kord. Royce wouldn’t take any of his threats seriously, had a sense of humor, etc. Clearly got the worst of Kord, which resulted in the eventual arrest of the story’s antagonist. Ted Bundy: “attractive”, charming, and a white male. Above all, he’s a killer. It would be unexpected to the public that any man that shared the same traits as Bundy would ever commit the crimes that he did. Terry played on this concept with the main character Kord. From first glance, he looked trustworthy. Kord was perceived as the clean