by tyler15368 ยป Tue Nov 15 2016 14:05:50
Norman Bates kills Marion in the original Psycho because of her likeness to his mother. I don't know about anyone else, but Rihanna has zero resemblance to his mother.
The Mother in Normans mind killed Marion Crane for the same reasons she killed Blaire Watson in Bates Motel, jealousy. You have to remember the talk that Marion and Norman had at the start of the film, for one where she suggests Norman put Mother into a home. There's the taking Norman away from her part and then the whole sexual attraction in the peephole is when Mother calls NORMAN! and he puts the picture back over the hole.
Then let's go deeper.
In the book it is only mentioned that:
http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/87/85/79668587/documents/RobertBloch-Psycho.pdf
For a moment she stood before the mirror set in the door and took
stock of herself. Maybe the face was twenty-seven, but the body was free,
white, and twenty-one. She had a good figure.
However, factor in the book was written in 1958 and released in 1959 at a time when an African American would not have likely been working as a Secretary in a Real Estate Office. Though now in this age that is not something that would be odd, so if Marion is still said to be working that job it wouldn't make a difference of her ethnicity.
With that out of the way there is no mention in the book or film that Norman was attracted to Mary/Marion because she reminded him of Mother.
Film:https://sfy.ru/?script=psycho
He was never all Norman, but he was often only mother. And because he was so pathologically jealous of her, he assumed she was as jealous of him. Therefore, if he felt a strong attraction to any other woman, the mother side of him would go wild.
When Norman met your sister, he was touched by her... and aroused by her. He wanted her. And this set off his "jealous mother" and... "mother killed the girl." After the murder, Norman returned as if from a deep sleep... and like a dutiful son, covered up all traces of the crime he was convinced his mother had committed.
Book:http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/87/85/79668587/documents/RobertBloch-Psycho.pdf
And the point is, he was getting away with it, until --"
Sam hesitated, but Lila finished the sentence for him.
"Until Mary came along.
And something happened, and he killed her."
"Mother killed her," Sam said. "Norma killed your sister.
There's no way of finding out the actual situation, but Dr. Steiner is sure that
whenever a crisis arose, Norma became the dominant personality.
Bates would start drinking, then black out while she took over.
During the blackout, of course, he'd dressed up in her clothing. Afterward he'd hide her image away, because in his mind she was the real murderer and had to be protected."
"Then Steiner is quite sure he's insane?"
"Psychotic that's the word he used. Yes, I'm afraid so. He's going to recommend that Bates be placed in the State Hospital, probably for life."
"Then there won't be any trial?"
"That's what I came here to tell you. No, there won't be any trial.
Just like in this series with Bradley and Miss Watson, Norman killed as Norma out of pure jealousy that she may lose her son to another.
Which also goes in with the film and Norman killing for other reasons:
https://sfy.ru/?script=psycho
(Simon to the Chief of Police)
Have you any unsolved missing persons cases on your books?
CHIEF OF POLICE
Yes. Two.
SIMON
Young girls?
CHIEF OF POLICE
(nods, astounded,
then:)
Did he confess to...
SIMON
(interrupting)
As I said, the mother...
Again Norman killing 2 young girls who didn't remind him of Mother, there is nothing that suggests in either film or book that was the motive, just the same as the killings in this series have had other motivations, Bradley no resemblance to Mother, nor did Blaire Watson.
Emma's mother (Audrey Ellis) had no resemblance to Norma either and Cody's Father (Jimmy Brennen) obviously not, however Audrey and Jimmy went for similar reasons, so they have set the patterns in this show. Marion can look however the creators want her to look, in the book, film and this series it has been established that Norman as Mother does not kill based on people looking like Mother.
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blondie27
8 years ago
I could care less is she's black, I just can't stand Rihanna.
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Springfest71
8 years ago
I just can't stand Rihanna
You are entitled to your feelings about Rihanna, but please be aware, that the Bates Motel casting directors, producers, and rest of the cast do not hold your views. They are looking for someone who will embody the specifics of the character they want to portray on THEIR show.
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