TomWeaver999 wrote:
<< Rosie. <<

LOL!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Even as a kid watching FRANKENSTEIN, it bugged me that Fritz got heat for stealing an abnormal brain when (in the opening reel) we saw Henry makes an on-camera attempt to steal the brain of the hanged criminal for use in the Monster. Unless that guy was hanged for jaywalking or something, what's the difference?

Hi Tom,


Of course the guy could have been lynched for something he didn't do. Look at Spencer Tracy in "Fury", he was almost lynched for a murder he didn't commit. Perhaps Henry knew of the man's innocence? However, I wouldn't have blammed Fritz, it's quite likely that he couldn't read. Also, the abnormal brain thing wasn't applicable after the birth of the monster. In it's prior life the brain was insane, probably like Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees, but after being exposed to the most powerful dose of ECT (Electro Convulsive Therapy) treatment known at the time, the brain was quited to the extent that it thought violent thoughts as a response to violence directed at it. As we know from the movie, the Monster does not act violently until he is provoked or feels threatened. His act of violence against the little girl, Maria, while horrible, was an act of ignorance, not of intent to harm. In his mind she was a flower, ergo she would also float. The Monster, as portrayed by Karloff, was a pittiable creature.