People don't think about that in those situations. Adrenaline takes over. Except, as we have seen with alot of youtube videos, people stand around in "shock a lot." It's interesting how people react in emergencies. Some people get paralyzed. Other's leap up and go racing in. I am the latter (whether that is a good thing? who knows). I was in a doctor's office once, and a lady was having a stroke or heart attack, so I rushed to the window to get the receptionist to retrieve the doctor. She was so dumb, wouldn't listen to what I was saying, "the doctors is with a patient, blah blah blah..." Me: "yes, but someone is having a stroke or heart attack..." HER: "I am not allowed to..." Me: "Not allowed to? Not allowed to?..." And finally, I yelled at her and said "look, if you don't get off you f*ing *ss and get the doctor now, not only will you be the cause of this woman's death, but I am seconds from jumping over this counter...*#%!*#"
And that snapped her out of whatever mental coma she was in, and then the doctor came flying out of the door seconds later. Of course, the doctor knows an emergency which is why she came tearing out the door seconds later. I don't know if the lady ended up living or dying. She had stopped breathing and they rolled her out on a gurney on oxygen. I was in fact, seconds from leaping over the counter. It's not my job to babysit stupid people, and at that point I wasn't going to let some woman die because I might be violating the space of an ignorant person. Or an office "do not disturb" rule which I was confident did not apply when people were in the waiting room busy "meeting their maker."
But, if anyone remembers that video on youtube where that person was plowed by a car and all those people just watched and walked on, tons of people are indifferent, and it is sad that people are like that. Of course, the other extreme is the dumb Zimmerman's of the world who no one wants watching their neighborhoods.
A lot of people may also not think someone would do that kind of thing to a child, so they are paralyzed mentally and just watch. Who knows why they do that?
But, people do these kinds of things to children, which is why Mr. Perry's representation (while troubling) is not off base. How many times do they find new born babies in dumpsters? How many of us have seen billboards begging people not to dump their newborn babies in dumpsters and instead bring them to this or that shelter?
Powerful movie for me. Powerful scene. I just came here looking for the proper name of this movie for a list. Just thought I would comment on this scene. I like that he addresses modern issues and the way he does it.
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Lena
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