Doesn't help that 95% of Junior's victims are Asshole Victims while the 5% is poor Ben caught in the crossfire. Base-Breaking Character: Junior himself is one, for you honestly cannot decide whether he's just a troubled, misunderstood soul who just wants to be loved or an all-around Jerkass who just lives to cause trouble.Awesome Music: The end title song "Problem Child." Bonus awesome points for being performed by The Beach Boys.Even when Junior asks Duke if he likes Tiffany, Duke answer “She’s alright.” All that implies that unlike Junior, the yheee bullies aren’t really in love with her, and simply want her to like them so they could continue feeding their ego. Lates, they all go on dates with her separately, and none of them seems bothered by it. And they quickly humiliate Junior who is genuily in love with her. Alternate Character Interpretation: In Problem Child 3’’, are Duke, Corky, and Blade genuily in love with Tiffany, like Junior? Or does she simply feel their ego? The way that when they are introduced they all seem to approach her together and almost as if they are willing to “share” her. Ben succeeds in standing up to the jerks in his life and he does so without causing serious damage or alienating and harming others. While Junior deals with a lot of crap from others, his over-violent revenge means he ends up alienating people who would be sympathetic and harming innocent bystanders. Alternate Aesop Interpretation: There is a difference between being assertive and being violent and "standing up for yourself" doesn't justify endangering others.Ben's life only improves when he stands up to his toxic wife, father, and neighbors. Extreme violence is bad, but sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.In the end, Junior realizes Ben is the better role model and that Beck is someone who shouldn't be emulated. But ultimately, he is able to deal with those problems in a mature and rational manner rather than resort to thoughtless violence. Ben is someone who also faces numerous affronts in his own life and from all sides. At the beginning of the movie, Junior romanticizes Martin Beck, a Serial Killer, because he buys into Beck's proclamation that the world is against him.
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