A/N This is another ESSAY concerning Riff and mental illness.my worst
essay, I wrote this at 1 o'clock, so don't mind it, just something
interesting and slightly thought provoking.
Riff Raff, crazy insane or insane crazy? Well, there's no doubt that he's just a little out there. Well, this is my chance to pick him apart, and try and figure out what made him work the way he did.
What I thought about Riff and mental illness was I figured bi-polar (manic depression) disorder. Now, this came two minutes after reading an article about in Time magazine, and I thought it would make for an interesting story concept. Well, the more I wrote it, the more I realized just how true what I was writing was.
Riff shows some of the symptoms of many different mental illnesses, not just bipolar. It seems that, just from a topical diagnosis (ok, I'm going to cut the fancy language as of NOW) that he's got schizophrenia, paranoia, and a mind that could have taken one too many time WARPS.
Another plausible explanation for why Riff behaves the way he does in the movie could be because of a drug habit. Near the end, when Riff really goes psycho, it seems almost as if he was suffering withdrawal, and that he could have plotted the whole scheme while he was high. After all, Frank seems like a druggie, why shouldn't Riff? After all, just from looks alone Riff looks like a junkie. Maybe one of those deliveries that Eddie brought contained one of Eddie's favorite things.
Another point that backs up how psycho Riff is, is if you read the script of Revenge of The Old Queen. The version that I have, the one written by Jason Alan "P7A77" Pfaff (can be found at www.angelfire.com/movies/RevengeOldQueen/rotoq.html) has a quote "It should be noted at this juncture, that RIFF is more than a little loopy" well, it certainly fits.
After all, in ROTOQ, Riff kills his sister, and then goes on and on about how he misses her. Not exactly someone completely sane would do. And what sane person keeps there sister, and lover, dead, in a coffin in their bedroom? No one in know, I can tell you that much.
So is Riff crazy? A fact that remains to be proven, a question that can only be answered by Ritz himself, if even Ritz knows it. So in my opinion, Riff could stand to see a psychiatrist, maybe some Prozac might come in handy. Or maybe he should call up the Ohio quitline and see what they can do for him. But he proved to be an interesting thing to look at and study.
Riff Raff, crazy insane or insane crazy? Well, there's no doubt that he's just a little out there. Well, this is my chance to pick him apart, and try and figure out what made him work the way he did.
What I thought about Riff and mental illness was I figured bi-polar (manic depression) disorder. Now, this came two minutes after reading an article about in Time magazine, and I thought it would make for an interesting story concept. Well, the more I wrote it, the more I realized just how true what I was writing was.
Riff shows some of the symptoms of many different mental illnesses, not just bipolar. It seems that, just from a topical diagnosis (ok, I'm going to cut the fancy language as of NOW) that he's got schizophrenia, paranoia, and a mind that could have taken one too many time WARPS.
Another plausible explanation for why Riff behaves the way he does in the movie could be because of a drug habit. Near the end, when Riff really goes psycho, it seems almost as if he was suffering withdrawal, and that he could have plotted the whole scheme while he was high. After all, Frank seems like a druggie, why shouldn't Riff? After all, just from looks alone Riff looks like a junkie. Maybe one of those deliveries that Eddie brought contained one of Eddie's favorite things.
Another point that backs up how psycho Riff is, is if you read the script of Revenge of The Old Queen. The version that I have, the one written by Jason Alan "P7A77" Pfaff (can be found at www.angelfire.com/movies/RevengeOldQueen/rotoq.html) has a quote "It should be noted at this juncture, that RIFF is more than a little loopy" well, it certainly fits.
After all, in ROTOQ, Riff kills his sister, and then goes on and on about how he misses her. Not exactly someone completely sane would do. And what sane person keeps there sister, and lover, dead, in a coffin in their bedroom? No one in know, I can tell you that much.
So is Riff crazy? A fact that remains to be proven, a question that can only be answered by Ritz himself, if even Ritz knows it. So in my opinion, Riff could stand to see a psychiatrist, maybe some Prozac might come in handy. Or maybe he should call up the Ohio quitline and see what they can do for him. But he proved to be an interesting thing to look at and study.