Monday, September 15, 2014

Why The Freakish Fascination with Shark Movies?




Photo Source: Batman http://www.eonline.com/news/533540/meet-joan-of-shark-quite-possibly-the-biggest-great-white-shark-ever-discovered

Maybe, at some point in our lives, we suffered some insanely bizarre trauma involving a rogue minnow or a ghoulish guppy gone wild. 


Possibly a wacky, psycho babysitter beat us with undercooked herring. Or forced us to eat pizzas with anchovies against our will. 


And I’m sure we’ve all had a highly unfortunate fish taco incident. Or a baby bass burrito that swam against the currents. If you know what I mean. 


Or we ate a fish sandwich that was too hot and burnt our tiny lips when we were far too young to sue. 

Either way, no matter what kind of crazy-carp-encounter or silly-salmon-scenario gone awry that we may have faced, the biggest appeal of shark movies has to be our ability to face our aquatic fears without having to get wet. 

And, of course, without having to feed the marine life. With our hearts and souls. And other body parts. 



By being frightened by sharks in movies, we can rationalize that yeah, fish can be scary. 

Something about the sharks being so disproportionate to reality helps us laugh at our fears, which, in the case of monster sharks, are completely justified. 

 
Photo Source: (24x36) Falling Shark Poster

Somehow the hyperbolic exaggeration and the overly theatrical, beyond-the-realm-of-reality presentation proves to be cathartic and helps ease our concerns and calm our nerves. 

Until the next time we have to go to the beach. 

Or if we’re soaking in the tub; and some pranking bully turns off the lights and turns on the soundtrack from JAWS



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Maybe shark movies 
make us feel better about ourselves, 
because the victims, 
um, I mean, the people in them, 
a.k.a. shark food, 
act so silly, 
that we feel better about ourselves. 


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Or we just like hot girls; 
and any movie at the beach, 
or in the ocean, 
should surely feature some scantily-clad hotties.
And of course, 

I mean that in the most respectful of ways.


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