Thread:AustinDR/@comment-25008763-20170426130052/@comment-2175012-20170426174313

With Yates, part of the reason as to why he qualifies is because the film can be interpreted as critiquing human brutality rather than glorifying it. Basically, there is a purpose for the film is what I'm getting at. With author's intent...no. Author's intent for the most part is ignored. The author could've meant for the character to be seen as sympathetic, but they are the opposite in the final draft. Take Griffin from Red Zone Cuba. You could say that Griffin was trying to go straight when he escaped incarceration. Instead, he commits murders, rapes a blind girl, etc. Whether it was bad writing or not isn't important. What is, however, is how Griffin turned out in the end.