MinnieBegosh makes interesting and challenging points. I am cerebral and able to emotionally detach, mostly, but not sociopathic, and I get the fine distinctions of the latter pathology. All people have their places they cannot go whether on film, in literature, art, theatre, or any other medium. But most people have developed a way of approaching dreadful things, i.e. places difficult to go, with a type of humour called 'gallows humour'. It doesn't stop the terrible deeds, it doesn't heal the pain of those deeds, but it's a way of dealing with something awful with the only dignity available. I think films like this are funny to those in whose families exists a long line of trauma, of which my family are one.
The film shows the extent of a thief, his vile rationalisations, which provoke laughter, and the mundane nature of evil that invites a crew of seemingly ordinary men to engage with the thief in his crimes because they begin to like and/or identify with him. Ultimately the film has a very scary message that is hidden beneath the rich and frequent humour. It's the reason Nero can fiddle whil Rome burns and people laugh in the face of tragedy and death. Is it immoral? In some hands undoubtedly. For others it's a life saver.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet
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