“ D I S i s a n a f f l i c t i o n b o r n f ro m n e g a t iv i t y, b e s t e xp re s s e d a s c re a t iv i t y w i t h o u t l i m i t a t i o n , e ve r y t h i n g l o u d e r a n d e ve r y t h i n g h e av i e r t h a n e ve r y t h i n g e l s e .”
overshadowed by the media frenzy and the ideal of Manson as a cult serial killer. The travesty is in fact just that we live in a world where ideas and depictions are planted and derived from media coverage rather than facts and an accurate knowledge base. Everything is based on perception. And in contemporary society
perception is easily manipulated for any number of reasons and to satisfy any number of agendas. There are without doubt, many facts relating to Charles Manson which will remain buried as they do not fit those ideals or agendas portrayed by the media, those unknowns serve only to create an inconsistent story and a percep-
tion other than that established by the media which focuses on the crimes alleged to have been committed. Very rarely is Manson acknowledged for academic commentary, and in fact “Boiled Angel” voices some of those theories directly from the horse’s mouth so to speak.
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