Yet back in the day when Peg was shilling Avon, multilevel marketing representatives took their sales door to door rather than the DMs. Sure, there would never be a place for him in this cookie-cutter hellscape, but the world is a big wide-open place. Wanting money to buy a van, Jim takes advantage of the titular Edward Scissorhands's ability to pick locks and breaks into his . The exploitation of Edward is real from failing to pay him for services to not helping him start the business they've all benefited from, all while treating him like a show pony. The Dracula-like castle at the end of the colorful suburban neighborhood is one of the best images of the movie, as well as in Burton's entire filmography. But if Kim wanted to, she could have gotten him in touch with one of those doctors the town kept boasting about. You won't hurt my feelings. Who the hell do you think you are hanging around here, huh? Even more disturbingly, we never find out what happened to the inventor's body. While they prepare the decorations, Edward begins to sculpt the ice statue of an angel and, with each quick blow of the blade, produces a jet of snowflakes, under which Kim begins to dance in fascination. Her level of desperation to drive sales by going to Edward's shady mansion is a red flag for how scammy the company is. Edward Scissorhands (dir. That's definitely the tale that would fly out of the local gossips' mouths. This Edward Scissorhands Fan Theory Has People In Tears. Thompson said that they practically shot exactly what Thompson wrote, but there was one moment that was added after Thompson's finished script. Bill asks this very question, but the answer is simple: Why pay someone for a service when you can manipulate them into doing it for free? We've all felt lonely, misunderstood, ostracized, or isolated. Now, it doesn't do anyone any good to speculate what mental health conditions a movie character may or may not experience. Once again, it makes no sense that Edward's survival could remain a secret so close to the gossipy town after all of this drama and supposed death. Jim calls out to Kim, distracting her and Edward accidentally makes a cut on the palm of her hand. It was like a gift from the heavens.". James, simply known as Jim, is the main antagonist of Tim Burton's 1990 live-action film Edward Scissorhands. Jim calls out to Kim, distracting her, and Edward accidentally cuts the palm of her hand. Sure, she doesn't judge Edward, and her compassion is inspiring, but one of the first things she attempts to do is "fix" Edward's scarred face. Upset by the loss of his relationship with Kim, Jim goes to his friend's van to get drunk. Even worse, she never faces any consequences after Edward flees the scene. 3. The biggest question "Edward Scissorhands" poses is what the heck is Edward's makeup, and how is he sentient? Tim Burton considers Edward Scissorhands to be his most personal project and has stated that he would never create a sequel, as he believes it would only rob the film of its purity. After this, Edward lives alone in . Jim (Edward Scissorhands) | Villains Wiki | Fandom Metacritic Reviews. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the sad reality is that about99% of MLM representatives spend more money stocking products than they make selling. His father also kept the key to the room on his person all the time, therefore making it impossible for Jim to steal it when he was sleeping (as Kim had originally suggested.) Thompson said that while she never wrote with any particular actor in mind, she did think of John Cusack and Laura Dern for the roles of Edward and Kim, respectively. The water bed. Meanwhile, Jim, eager to buy a new van, takes advantage of Edward by making him open the locks on the doors of his parents villa with his blades, but triggers the alarm and runs away abandoning Edward, who is unjustly accused of theft and arrested. The last step was to exchange Edward's scissorhands for human-looking hands. Joyce Monroe, Peggys snobbish neighbor, wants to make money by exploiting Edwards talent, proposing to him to open a beauty salon together where he will apply his skills, even going so far as to try to sexually seduce Edward, who runs away from her in a state of shock. After they've gotten their fill using and exploiting Edward, the townsfolk are more than happy to run him out of town with everything short of pitchforks. The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family. Edward Scissorhands fans will know that the 1990 film has a framing device, with the beginning showing an elderly woman telling her granddaughter a story about a young man named Edward with scissors for hands. Edward Scissorhands: 10 things you didn't know about the film that made User Reviews TheftDomestic abuseBreaking and enteringIncriminationCriminal exploitation. Scene from the movie ''Edward Scissorhands'' He never gives her any reason to think his "imperfections" bother him, but with her Avon briefcase in her hand, she makes it her personal mission. Since Edward and the inventor lived in the mansion alone, and Edward doesn't really have the means (or hands) to bury him without making the scene a bloodbath, there are some pretty disturbing connotations as to what happened (or didn't happen) to the body. 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