Opinion by Susan Fox, Executive Producer, Krypton Radio
The story of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight showing of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is still developing in the morning. Krypton Radio can not keep up with it in our present format and leaves the investigative work to the appropriate persons. The true identity and motivation of the real life killer is outside our purview. We do have two major observations on The Story Thus Far.
First: the disturbing notion that dozens of gunshots are fired in a crowded theatre and nobody hears them. We have heard voice quotes from multiple audience members who did not seem to know why they were being evacuated until they were outside. Did the killer take the opportunity for the attack during a shooting scene in the film, played at full volume? Are movies just too loud? These and many other questions will be addressed in the coming days and months.
Second: the swift work of the area police department. For every aspiring Joker [or just ordinary robber], there are a thousand Commissioner Gordons and a million police officers, putting themselves in harm’s way between bullets and you. It’s times like this that remind us of the courage of the First Responders when the danger is real. This could have been any cinema, any town. Thank you for being there when our taking care of each other is not enough.
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I find it interesting that the media jumped to the conclusion that this was aimed at the movie – several screenings around the Los Angeles area were cancelled, and the news teams stood outside theaters interviewing people leaving screenings that did run.
It may be that the killer was targetting Batman fans (a disgruntled Spiderman supporter, perhaps), but it is equally likely that the actual movie being shown was not relevant to his plans, other than it provided a large number of targets.
It is, of course, a tragedy, and I am sure that we will eventually be privy to the details of why it likely happened. But the ghoulish glee with which the media outlets are pinning this on the movie is almost as disturbing as the shooting itself.
My thoughts – and my heart – go out to the families of the victims, and the family of the shooter as well.
Yea, the over-reaction effect is pretty stupid.