The Women of Chuck's Life
Does anyone else wonder why all of the female characters in Chuck's books always seem to have an other-worldly essence about them? In Fight Club, Marla seems to almost exist outside of reality. It's even more transparent in the film. Both women in Choke seem to live without any troubles of the outside world. The female charater in Survivor has special powers, the women that are in Lullaby have magic at their disposal (or sell haunted houses with no fear). I can't even begin with all the complexity of the main female in the movie Diary.
Has anyone else ever noticed this? All of the female characters seem larger than life, they seem etherial.
He didn't witness it did he?
[QUOTE=SHSUGuy1985;983074]It may have to do with Chuck's own personal life. If I remember correctly, he witnessed his grandmother get murdered by his grandfather, who then committed suicide (while hiding under a bed a la the US cover to Stranger Than Fiction). Then his dad dated a women who's ex-husband killed both of them.
I don't know if I got the murders right (but I think I did). So, maybe he sees women as having some power. A power forcing them to have control over men, cause violent ends, and so on.
Good question.[/QUOTE]
Thank you Freud.
This is one stupid fucking thread, heh.
It might also be because he's gay and doesn't know how to write [i]female[/i].
:soapbox:
Or could we be reading to much into this? Personally, i think [i]all[/i] his characters are "larger than life".
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;987652]It might also be because he's gay and doesn't know how to write [i]female[/i].
:soapbox:[/QUOTE]
I love it when this gay thing pops up. Someone in the gay thread said that he can write female for the exact same reason.
How about the female characters in Haunted?
There was a woman who could kill people through foot massages. There was a woman who could pick up objects and see into their pasts.
However,
In Chuck's books there is
a man with a severely split personality
a man who can kill people by reciting a song
a man with uncanny ability as far as near-death chokings
a man who is basically a sasquatch
So I wonder if the case is really about magical women or if it's more about extreme happenings in the books.
He hasn't used any of Stephen King's Super-Duper Magical Negroes yet.
You're right!
He's a racist!
All this time!
Nate, you know you love thems random scenes where negros are just walking down the highway, then stop for no reason, and start to levitate while touching themselves over thoughts of global domination.
So personally, I cannot wait. 'Cause that shit's just fucking funny.
[QUOTE=elegantly_bitter;987825]Or could we be reading to much into this? Personally, i think [i]all[/i] his characters are "larger than life".[/QUOTE]
Agreed -- he said it once in a reading that...
(Butchery Alert!)
"I want my characters to transcend gender, transcend race or age..."
I thought that was kind of inspiring in its own, that whole "we are all equal" kind of thing.
Maybe he was just being politically correct, I dont know
Hey wait! -- Jill's Tit, you were there! Care to back me up on that.... Or not :wavey:
I think I heard that he said something like that. It was like, "I want all my characters to be people that you lived next to and sat next to on a bus once. Except for black dudes. They are for sure, serious, magical."
He did not witness his grandfather kill his grandmother,His father did.
It may have to do with Chuck's own personal life. If I remember correctly, he witnessed his grandmother get murdered by his grandfather, who then committed suicide (while hiding under a bed a la the US cover to Stranger Than Fiction). Then his dad dated a women who's ex-husband killed both of them.
I don't know if I got the murders right (but I think I did). So, maybe he sees women as having some power. A power forcing them to have control over men, cause violent ends, and so on.
Good question.