Insecurities of a Killer
Upon watching the movie “Smooth Talk” the viewer may feel that sweet-talking, mysterious serial killer is a confident individual. But once you dig a little bit into his past you’ll find that on the contrary. He was insecure and he showed it through his disguise, his persistent attitude and through his actions. Something which the movie fails to portray.
When watching the film the the serial killer doesn't have much of a costume all he really wears is sunglasses, jeans and a t-shirt. In an article written by Mara Bovsun he is described wearing “freaky makeup and oversized cowboy boots, which he stuffed with socks, rags, and crushed tin cans to add inches”. Because of this the reader can assume that Charles Howard Schmid, Jr. was insecure of his height and felt the need to compensate his height with a mole that gave him a more aggressive look to his face. All of which the film lacked to portray.
His actions also showed a hesitant individual because most of his friends and victims were still in high school. This, again, may be due to his lack of self confidence, because he didn’t chase/ was attracted to a crowd within his age group. In the article (mentioned earlier) he is …show more content…
he found a new friend Richie Bruns which Schmid divulged the killing of Rowe to. Then he met 16-year old Gretchen Fritz which he dated and later confessed to her about the Rowe murder. When realizing that if they split she’d tell the authorities all about Rowe he murdered her and her sister. He then babbled on to Bruns all about that murder. Which shows how he feels the desire to feel tough and macho. Because the film “Smooth Talk” is focused on the point of view of one of the victims before the incident his story is almost absent from the film making it hard to see these characteristics on the
Upon watching the movie “Smooth Talk” the viewer may feel that sweet-talking, mysterious serial killer is a confident individual. But once you dig a little bit into his past you’ll find that on the contrary. He was insecure and he showed it through his disguise, his persistent attitude and through his actions. Something which the movie fails to portray.
When watching the film the the serial killer doesn't have much of a costume all he really wears is sunglasses, jeans and a t-shirt. In an article written by Mara Bovsun he is described wearing “freaky makeup and oversized cowboy boots, which he stuffed with socks, rags, and crushed tin cans to add inches”. Because of this the reader can assume that Charles Howard Schmid, Jr. was insecure of his height and felt the need to compensate his height with a mole that gave him a more aggressive look to his face. All of which the film lacked to portray.
His actions also showed a hesitant individual because most of his friends and victims were still in high school. This, again, may be due to his lack of self confidence, because he didn’t chase/ was attracted to a crowd within his age group. In the article (mentioned earlier) he is …show more content…
he found a new friend Richie Bruns which Schmid divulged the killing of Rowe to. Then he met 16-year old Gretchen Fritz which he dated and later confessed to her about the Rowe murder. When realizing that if they split she’d tell the authorities all about Rowe he murdered her and her sister. He then babbled on to Bruns all about that murder. Which shows how he feels the desire to feel tough and macho. Because the film “Smooth Talk” is focused on the point of view of one of the victims before the incident his story is almost absent from the film making it hard to see these characteristics on the