- Rockman via Wikipedia
- Marilyn Manson performing in 2009
UPDATE: The parts of a video mentioned in this post that depict Marilyn Manson were taken from his 2012 videos “No Reflection” and “Slo-Mo-Tion.” They are not unreleased footage.
Both Eminem and Marilyn Manson were the talk of grade schools in the 1990s. Eminem rapped about hating gay people and hitting women, while Manson was nearly obscured by a fog of bizarre and salacious rumors: that he pissed on audiences at his concerts, that he was actually a hermaphrodite, that he’d had a rib removed so he could suck his own dick. They were revolting and thrilling urban legends for children who’d just started to learn the power of the obscene.
Rape is not a singular act of violence. It’s a system of dominance that enables the continual abuse of women, children, queer people, and whoever else is rendered vulnerable by the status quo—a hierarchy enforced by the men who get to sit at its peak. As horror fantasies go, it’s as boring and redundant as they come.
