#14 Hamlet Blog 2

My most dear reader, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, A SYNOPSIS "I believe in God, and the only thing I'm afraid of is Keyser Soze." "The Usual Suspects" is the movie of a revenge quilted in deception. Verbal Kint, "the cripple", harbors a tale after being a witness to a crime that killed 27 men in the harbor. Keyser Soze is the scapegoat Verbal gives the police to work with. The police pick and pick at verbal until his allotted time runs out. The police can not figure out a motive, and they chalk the case up to Keyzer Soze. Then just as Verbal is released, the police interviewer realizes Verbal lied about every word he told him. There is no Keyser Soze, there is only Verbal Kint, and like "Poof, he's gone up in smoke." Mr. Kint, much like I is placed at a disconnect from the action, absolving us both from the "unweeded garden" in which we became involved. I see the rot of the kingdom and do not become involved, for I don't know the extent to which a kingdom befalls itself. In the words of Ophelia, "I was the more deceived."(2.1.117). The tale I do not let myself befall I let the tale befall I. Thus, I am the eyes of a wall not a player to the game, "T' have seen what I have seen, see what I see!" (2.1.151). Hamlet, he alone is the source of this strife but I honor him and honor him dearly, "O, my dear lord," (act 2.2.38). I know not what to think of you my friend, for I am distanced. I agree with you knowing only what I know for when you speak of poison I agree with you, "You might have rhymed," (act 2.2.245). You speak truth, and sincerity. I am only an observer in this play of your kingdom. All players in this tale have sinned in one way or another and you, you are no exempt. But your friend, and beknownst you be a friend to I. I must believe you. Like the cripple, I have only my ear to lend, but no opinion to speak, for I do not want to draw my self into my own demise, "There is no shuffling, there the action lies" (act 3.1.61). "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" (The Usual Suspects) "You need the will to do what the other guy wouldn't do"(The Usual Suspects) "He would rather see his family dead than live another day after this"(The Usual Suspects) "It didn't make sense that I would be there, these guys were hardcore hijackers, but there I was."(The Usual Suspects)