Natural Born Killers

Truth Please John Grisham claims in his article “Unnatural Killers” that the film Natural Born Killers influenced a couple of teenagers, Sarah Edmondson and Benjamin Darras, to murder his friend Bill Savage and Patsy’s Byers. Grisham states that the violence in this film pushes these teenagers to go on a killing spree. Grisham holds Oliver Stone, the director of Natural Born Killers, responsible for the acclaimed effects of the film. Grisham thinks that the …showed first 75 words of 529 total…

…showed last 75 words of 529 total…wrong in his allegations towards Stone. If we hold Stone liable for these murders what is going to be next? Does Grisham think we can get rid of this sort of violence all together? The media will always expose violence in a gaudy manner. At least artists like Stone can show it for what it really is. If we have limits on how we are able to express ourselves, our truth can never be told.