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Anyone Else Feel Sorry For Paul???

posted 10 years ago by at7000
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Man, what a tragedy. Yet at the same time, I kind of felt sorry for the Paul Snider character. He was just such a loser, with a reverse-Midas touch. Just ruined everything, it was in his nature.

He seemed child-like in many ways, even feeble minded. The kind of person who you wonder why they are not in prison. Low IQ, insecure, narcissistic, etc...

Yet, I still felt strangely sorry for the guy. Could be because of Eric Robert's brilliant performance- He actually brought some humanity and sympathy to such a vile man.

Of course, I feel sorry for Dorothy too, but she blew it big time in deciding to go for this loser. When he stabbed her classmate at the Prom, that should have been a warning sign. Along with lots of other warning signs that the man was a psychopath. Naivete is one thing, but she was in total denial, or just too dumb to see what loser/psycho this man was.

[–] SandyR (7380) 2 years ago

"He seemed child-like in many ways, even feeble minded. The kind of person who you wonder why they are not in prison. Low IQ, insecure, narcissistic, etc..."

Wow, Hitler much?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72012) 2 years ago

I did not feel bad for him. Some men are like a snake in the grass, they’re going to hurt someone sooner or later.

Paul was a user, an abuser, a pimp and a con man. It’s a tragedy but no surprise when a creep like this goes berserk and harms someone.

[–] PaladinNJ (20313) 2 years ago

He was slime.