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I hope that wasn't Cormac McCarthy's stand-in because the Judge character is like some type of supernatural violent being.
by layman51 1y ago
I hope that wasn't Cormac McCarthy's stand-in because the Judge character is like some type of supernatural violent being.
- aloha2436 1y agoIt doesn't have to be a direct stand-in. It's mentioned in the article that people suspect McCarthy of reveling in the violence in his novels. Whether he does or does not he would certainly have been aware of that perception. Judge Holden as a character embodies many distasteful qualities of mankind, it would make sense that the qualities he embodies the most distinctly are the ones McCarthy sees in himself.
- nylonstrung 1y agoThe only "self-insert" he's done is the main character of Suttree which is semi-autobiographical The judge is an incarnation of evil and a pedophile so I don't think that's his Mary sue
- knodi123 1y ago> The judge is an incarnation of evil and a pedophile so I don't think that's his Mary sue Although... he did rather famously have a thing for underage girls... https://medium.com/belover/cormac-mccarthy-was-a-pedophile-and-his-friends-tried-to-conceal-it-96c6d5b08a62 https://medium.com/belover/cormac-mccarthy-was-a-pedophile-a...