flamethrowing-hurdy-gurdy: This scene is so interesting in…
This scene is so interesting in terms of character exposure for a war boy (like I said before I really hold with the idea that Nux is never really an individual character in the film but rather remains a symbol of all war boys.)
Look at all the things he assumes:
-that the bloodbag is his ally, even if he points his gun at him
-that he was fighting to catch Furiosa all along, absolutely no other motive, even slaves must be completely loyal to Joe! Right?
-even though only a short while ago he was using this guy like an object, doesn’t even occur to him that the bloodbag might have a bone to pick?
-that the fight is over even though only Furiosa has been subdued (again, wives are objects, shiny chrome objects)
-the question: What are you gonna ask for? First of all, why is he asking, is he just bored, curious? Do bloodbags ever get talked to in the Citadel?
This is amazing because what do you bloody think an organ donor with a muzzle is going to ask for? Freedom! But suddenly he’s on the same level as the war boy. He can ask for stuff, he’s not an object anymore.
-why does the bloodbag even get to ask for stuff though? Why doesn’t Nux take the credit for himself, why did he suddenly start seeing this guy as a human? Or, more interestingly, why, before, did he feel no qualms about using this human as an object, and taking him along with him during his unsuccessful suicide? What changed, or didn’t change here?
-He just gives up the jacket; I guess he’s so totally sure he’ll be rewarded he doesn’t feel like he has to worry about it.
-He doesn’t notice ANY of the bloodbag’s trauma.
So what, is this because of the war boy mentality, the pragmatic utilitarianism that they practice daily, or perhaps a belief in a man proving his worth in battle which the bloodbag has just very well done? Or maybe he is just so brainwashed he really believes everyone has their place in the world and if you’re a bloodbag, too bad for you, but you’ve no call to argue, and if you’re a warboy, well, same applies?
Questions, questions. It’s a lovely scene either way.
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Tags: fury road, 100% down with this analysis, and these questions, it's such an amazing cinnamon roll scene for nux, fighting over the magazine with the wives, without actually fighting the wives, getting the magazine to max, the way he's so happy for max, glory be bloodbag, the way he gives up the jacket, what are you gonna ask for?, he's like a little kid with another little kid, at christmas, too good for this world, but like, WAY too good for THIS world.
