User blog comment:Looperreallyreallysucks/Pure Evil Proposal: Alex (A Clockwork Orange)/@comment-24859393-20190627231346/@comment-34055410-20190628002944

Considering how much he relishes violence, it seems like he mainly cares about his snake because it’s a snake, which prevents that from being mitigating. Also, Beholder, I’m aware that he’s not faking being “cured”. I’m actually skeptical of that theory myself, because aside from singing “Singin’ in the Rain” after getting the treatment (which is most likely a movie mistake, BTW. Even if Kubrick pays a lot of attention to details, it’s not like he never makes any errors), there’s really not much to back that theory up.