MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MONSTERS

Monsters, like Disney’s many orphan protagonists, are also coldly calculated to win our hearts. Misbegotten, misunderstood, they reflect the ugliness the world makes us feel, while defiantly asserting their right to exist and thrive. Show me a movie-lover who can’t shed a tear for King Kong, the Gill-Man or Frankenstein’s creation, and I’ll show you who the real monster is.