Malay Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands Art

The violence exhibited in traditional fairytales is often linked to the moral of the tale Urban myths are the modern day way of getting people to be controlled out of fear and fear is a huge motivator for most people. The morality in modern life comes from fear whether it be fear of the government, fear of a higher being and the afterlife or fears that are presented in fairy tales and urban legends. By preying on the minds of people who only listen to the news or television or what have you for direction and do not make their own opinions, the fear the media disperses on a daily basis is what runs their lives. Fear has the ability to make people conform and thus be afraid of stepping out of line.

In Edward Scissorhands, everyone’s houses are all plain, pastel colors; the cars are all plain pastel colors. Nothing seems to be out of line and everything runs as it should and no one questions the motives of their actions. They just mindless do as they always have done without criticizing or thinking why, that is until Edward comes into the picture. He stands out more than anyone in the town not only with his physical appearance, but his personality too.  Unlike the rest of the men portrayed in the town, Edward is very shy and very kept to himself. He doesn’t talk about the game on Sunday or how he has that big presentation for work on due Thursday, he just sits back and observes. Even though he doesn’t say much, sometimes it’s the quiet ones that speak the loudest. In this case Edward shows how the morality of the town is decaying. Even though everything looks pristine and nice on the outside, the people, especially the women, are all gossipy and constantly on the phone with one another saying things such as “Did you see so-and-so’s hair? Oh my gosh it was horrible!! And those shoes with that blouse…” The town slowly begins to decay even further when the people begin to take advantage of Edward and then no longer is he just the new guy in town, he turns into everyone’s personal barber, hedge trimmer, dog groomer. Edward is more human than any of the people in the town because he is willing to go out of his way to do nice things for people even when they treat him like dirt when the people of the town are all caught up in their gossip and themselves.