How it is when one needn't resist the sin of Temptation.
And moreover said sin apparently ages you and turns you into a Despicable monster.
Honestly Dorian Gray looks like the Crypt Keeper at the end of this whole freaking thing.
Not that I think of it, half of things here he's doing anr't actually sins.
Doing drugs or having sex with prostitutes; I don't think should constitute as sins.
But then my moral compass is very different from the established Victorian era.If anything I think my morals are better.
I don't intend to drug an entire nation simply to gain economic success.
But then having sex with prostitutes when you're already engaged to somebody is a sin that I'd consider deplorable.
And being such an irresponsible jackass that you lead a young girl to committing suicide is also a rotten thing to do.
Anyways I've never actually read the story of Dorian Gray and his cursed picture. Nor have I seen any other adaptations.
I enjoyed this one for the most part. I found the actor who played Dorian to get better as the production went on.
He started out kind of flat playing a naïve innocent nothing of a man and then devolved into a rotten degenerate toward the end.
It's kind of funny that everybody's supposed to blame Lord Henry for his deterioration as he fills Dorian's head with self-absorbed idioms.
But at the end of the day you're responsible for your own actions and it's not like Mr.Gray had a power Dynamic with Henry.
Dorian is exceptionally Rich, he could have chosen to live any life he wanted, he was not bound by social or economic means. He alone went on living his worst life.
I kept wondering if Lord Henry was going to devolve into the Devil Himself or some sort of Supernatural entity. Then the excuse to blame him would be acceptable.
But at the end of the day Lord Henry was literally just a guy and there's nothing Supernatural about him or really any of the story.
Dorian Gray made some sort of deal with an entity that puts his soul into a painting that would Age with time as he did not.
And it's the only Magical elements of the entire story. You could make it a metaphor and literally changed little to nothing.
Dorian could just be a guy who doesn't age very much or simply doesn't take on the stresses of life believing his fantasy deal with a painting to be real, thus catching up with him in his later days.
Come to think of it this was kind of used in The Simpsons with Ned Flanders. He resisted all temptation and was able to keep his youth. That was a fun story in itself if not incredibly silly.
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