Genius Tarantino Theory Changes How You See Reservoir Dogs' Characters
Quentin Tarantino’s first movie, Reservoir Dogs, introduced a group of thieves with different personalities that led them to a lot of conflict, and a theory suggests a new perspective on them and their actions by comparing them to the seven deadly sins – but does it work? Tarantino’s career as a filmmaker began in 1992 with the crime movie Reservoir Dogs, which went on to become a classic of independent cinema and opened many doors for Tarantino in the film industry.
Reservoir Dogs introduces the audience to a group of thieves whose planned heist of a jewelry store goes terribly wrong, and to make it all worse and more complicated, there’s an undercover cop among them. The team is led by crime boss Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and his son Eddie “Nice Guy” Cabot (Chris Penn), and is formed by Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), Mr. Blue (Edward Bunker), and Mr. Brown (Tarantino). Reservoir Dogs was a critical success and gave the audience a taste of Tarantino’s narrative style while also establishing some of his frequent collaborators.
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Although Reservoir Dogs left few loose ends (such as the fates of Mr. Pink and Mr. Blue), it has been subjected to countless analyses and interpretations that have made way for a variety of theories, among those one that compares the characters to the seven deadly sins, thus giving a whole new meaning to Reservoir Dogs and its team of thieves.
The theory, posted on Reddit, begins by comparing Mr. White to “lust”, but definitely not in the conventional way this sin is interpreted. Lust is defined as an intense longing, usually thought of as unbridled
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