Re: Kill With Kindness -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 19:58:41 03/01/08 Sat
Author: Katelyn R.
Subject: Re: Kill With Kindness
In reply to: Caitlin 's message, "Kill With Kindness" on 20:21:44 02/27/08 Wed

Great quote. For some reason I keep thinking of the movie The Guardian with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher (probably because I am very visual, and this was the first film example I could think of). I think there is a good example of someone getting the opposite reaction they wanted out of someone. The movie is about the U.S. Coast Guards. In one scene Kutcher�s character is trying to break all the swimming records that Costner�s character made. He is the stereotypical younger arrogant jock at the beginning who thinks that Costner is an old has-been. He expects Costner to get upset about getting his records beat by a younger guy but instead Costner praises him and keeps telling him to keep up the great work (he doesn�t care about the records as much as everyone else does). When he does this everyone is caught off guard, and you can tell they have the same reaction as a child being told �I still love you� by their parent. In the end, Kutcher realizes what great a �teacher� Costner was and obviously models himself after him.

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