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what's with the rats?

posted 9 years ago by stxflyer
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[–] amyghost 9 years ago

Symbolism.

They're supposed to be an analogy of the human rats that are being depicted in the story.

[–] DaveHasNoTimeForAnyOfThisBull 9 years ago

I want to know if Martin Scorsese was influenced specifically by those scenes for The Departed. And can they also show how Britain still hasn't cleaned it's sewers since the Dark Ages and the Plague.

Now ask me how I really feel, I'm just here for the comments.

[–] mmsbk 9 years ago

You are aware there are rats in US sewers aren't you? And you didn't even have any Dark Ages.......

[–] DaveHasNoTimeForAnyOfThisBull 9 years ago

Or we didn't have any Dark Ages because we've never been infested with rats.

Now ask me how I really feel, I'm just here for the comments.

[–] RandolfCarter 8 years ago

Or we didn't have any Dark Ages because we've never been infested with rats.

Try watching fox news and then say that with a straight face.

Tucker's Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3Ou9xBAlI

[–] earlogistix 8 years ago

Had the same thought - especially having the rats with the symbols of power (Houses of Parliament (HofC UK) and City Hall (Departed) in the background).

[–] eileen-guthrie555 8 years ago

The rats reminded me of Shakespeare and Richard III, Hamlet etc. I thought that was why they were there. Shakespeare was living in arguably the worst place and time in history. Shakespeare's London was overcrowded, rat-infested, sexually promiscuous ladies (and some gentleman), with raw sewage flowing in the Thames, and it was the hub for the nastiest diseases known to mankind. That's what I thought the creators were trying to show us the filth, rats and the evilness of Francis commingled.