- Joined
- Jan 12, 2017
I've been thinking: At least where I live, The Goonies is very popular with many families in my family ward, or even the entire stake. I don't know how popular it actually is with Mormons as a whole, but I'm going to assume every Mormon family since the '80s has seen The Goonies and have even grown up with it.
So with that thought in mind, it's a good chance Russell may have seen or even grew up with the film. I thought it was possible he could've looked up to or even connected with Sloth because both are deformed and mentally challenged, and (by the end) were adopted into a loving family. But then I realized that Sloth has done more good with his life than Russell ever did, and Sloth was chained up in the basement with nothing more than a television set since he was a baby. And also Sloth is a likeable character on top of that, the very polar opposite of Rusty.
Little Rusty couldn't even be arsed to take to heart the character of Sloth.
So with that thought in mind, it's a good chance Russell may have seen or even grew up with the film. I thought it was possible he could've looked up to or even connected with Sloth because both are deformed and mentally challenged, and (by the end) were adopted into a loving family. But then I realized that Sloth has done more good with his life than Russell ever did, and Sloth was chained up in the basement with nothing more than a television set since he was a baby. And also Sloth is a likeable character on top of that, the very polar opposite of Rusty.
Little Rusty couldn't even be arsed to take to heart the character of Sloth.