Nightmare on Cohen Street

In the seven theses of "Monster Culture," Cohen takes an intriguing perspective on the homosexual and racial essences of the story, King Kong. While previously arguing monsters represent a fearful image of some alter perspective counteractive to the societal norm. Then in his fifth thesis Cohen asks the reader if the idea of a monster could reflect the barrier of the possible. For my Greatest Monster I chose to write about Freddy Krueger, the ghost-dream killer from Nightmare on Elm Street. His claim to fame was a leather-glove on his right hand brandishing 6" knives, with which he would brutally slay the classic group of teenagers. In the movie it turned out Freddy had been a child murderer before being hunted down and burned alive, but in the original script Freddy had actually been a child molester. Now both these interests personal to Freddy are very out of the norm for the general public. However, the fact that it was changed gives a slight aura of creepiness to the entire argument Cohen has between monster and societal border. After all, Freddy is a killer in peoples' dreams. A place usually thought of as happy and safe. Beds are related to as comfortable and warm. Another place usually generalized with these properties is childhood. While looking at this through the eyes of Cohen, I'd think he'd perceive a relationship between childhood abuse/molestation and reverberating psychological issues afterward.