Barry Tries To Kill Esther | Barry 2x02

A scene from The Power of No
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[@lightbluepika2175]

as simple of a character she is, i love how in this scene esther is just staring into the distance with a cold-ass gaze just listening to a really up-beat pop song

[@Santiago-pf8on]

is Genius of Love from The Tom Tom Club

[@marvinkem3201]

Reminds me of It's always sunny.

[@gianni206]

I assume it’s to drown out her ptsd and keep her focused?

[@SotoMight]

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[@Sarah.Riedel]

Esther is such a bizarre and fascinating character, it's like she's channeling Kali or something

[@nicmoloney8056]

Esther listening to the Tom Tom club makes this scene 10x better

[@Micro13bk]

It would be 100× better if she listened to Carameldansen while she just stared in the distance like that 🤣

[@mitchiranger]

With her just sitting there listening to music all still af. Reminds me of the old Video games where your target to kill is just in a room, not really doing much because of the lack of A.I technology back then 😂😂

[@inforism.]

lmao just NPC vibin

[@vabie4318]

Wow the monks in the background are speaking Burmese. Didn't expect that

[@hirobotoyav1250]

And they're swearing lol

[@Apolloneek]

I ugh.

[@imsusaf2038]

Lmao im pretty sure someone said “bitch” in Burmese

[@med_purp4208]

Well it is Burmese mafia

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Just sitting there with a thousand island stare listening to Tom Tom Club.

[@jcmick8430]

thousand island stare? is that a fat joke lol

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

Like the dressing?

[@TheWillibob123]

Epic. I’m gay

[@RyderDavis]

This scene is very much like No Country For Old Men.

[@saturatedcranium]

How so? Is it the car being shot?

[@agentanaranjado]

@@saturatedcranium “What’s the most you’ve ever lost listening to Tom Tom Club?” Haha… In all seriousness, while I’m not OP I can see what they are referencing. First of all, there is a super minimal backing score that is arguably just a manifestation of Barry’s internal demons and conflict… you hear the faint sounds of Tom Tom Club, but it is diegetic and coming from Esther’s earbuds. NCfOM also mostly uses diegetic sound, as it creates an air of silent tension and when something breaks that silence-be it Anton Chigurh destroying the motel room lock with a bolt pistol or Barry’s car suddenly being hit by a hail of gunfire-you are locked in on the character’s perspective, and their surprise is also your own… they are hit with adrenaline just as the viewer is. Secondly, Anton Chigurh is death personified: cold, merciless, and unconcerned with anything beyond the inevitability of fate. Barry is draped in a black hoodie and also loosely resembles the Grim Reaper, the personification of death. This scene reveals the difference between the two characters, however: Barry’s psyche is waging an inner battle between accepting that he truly is “the most evil guy I know” as NoHo Hank would say, haha, and believing that he is still somehow redeemable-even if his redemption is fictional as it comes through acting, an activity which inherently revolves around suppressing one’s true personality and inhabiting a character. Either way, they are both cold-blooded killers-death incarnate-but only Anton has accepted it. Thirdly, the two-shot of Barry with a gun in the background as Death while Esther blankly stares forward-none the wiser-is also very similar to something out of NCfOM, which uses two-shots frequently as Anton is about to kill someone who is powerless to stop it. The idea that an unknowable and uncontrollable fate dictates our lives and eventual demise, with death lurking unseen, is straight out of NCfOM. Like the shopkeeper in that movie, Esther will never understand how close she was to meeting her demise. Even Barry almost met his demise simply because he opened the wrong door. Fourthly, NCfOM has two basic types of shots and lighting: wide, expansive shots of bright, open landscapes, and tight, claustrophobic shots of figures in darkness, representing life and death, good and evil, freedom and fate, and the universal and the individual. In this show, Barry standing on the stage underneath the spotlight and inhabiting a character that is not himself ironically represents freedom, akin to those standing in the wide open expanses of Texas in NCfOM. Like the movie, however, these silent, indoor claustrophobic shots reveal Barry to be divorced from free will and trapped by external circumstances beyond his control. Lastly, there is the car crash scene (as you alluded to), in which the silence and seeming safety is suddenly shattered (see also the first point about the sound). So yeah, I can see where @RyderDavis is coming from!

[@blutaar3263]

@@agentanaranjado writing a fucking on point essay on some other one's opinion. God damn it what you working mate?

[@dasappman9321]

@@agentanaranjado Jesus, didn’t expect that when I pressed read more, but damn 👏

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

@@dasappman9321 A man reads a Cormac book once. The powers of Hyphens. Suddenly scitzo-post is educational.

[@djmustard2591]

I wanna run my fingers through his hair

[@shy_a619]

is it just me or does anyone else think that Barry sharply resembles Rami Malek in Mr. Robot at 2:38 ?

[@SK-tr1wo]

Where’s a hoodie = rami malek

[@tonoornottono]

@@SK-tr1wo WHERES A HOODIE

[@SK-tr1wo]

@@tonoornottono where’s a hoodie

[@Dusty-69420]

​@@SK-tr1wo Where's a hoodie

[@51HorseLover]

Would you guys like for me to upload more scenes from Season 1 or 2? I feel like I don't have enough season 2 scenes yet.

[@yallsumcockroaches5888]

Yes!

[@TheDKninja]

season 3

[@erickjones8652]

Definitely more scenes from Season 2. I was looking for the scene where Barry got booked for an audition and Sally was upset but happy for him at the same time. Also subscribe to my KZbin channel and checkout my first film short titled You Said You Loved Me.

[@jessicachristine310]

billhaderisbarry ❤️

[@themanagement69]

Just do full episodes lol

[@veilofinnocence]

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[@IYPITWL]

When he gets in the car, caught. They gonna call the cops...

[@DanteMoonshine]

IYPITWL🤔 if i eated soap. i dont eat it bc i did.😳 no i didnt.🥵

[@diesemautokerl2181]

They're a criminal organisation

[@nilesstark]

"Fuck The Cops, we got this" is what they said.

[@parvathynk2393]

sound effect 🤯wow.epic🤯

[@TheCoolProfessor]

Well, I'd say that job went south.

[@smatchimo645]

did he really just knock himself out in that fender bender?

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

It’s ok, it’s a TV concussion.

[@tonoornottono]

he’s weak to certain things like gender benders

[@parvathynk2393]

It's like gta man😁

[@RedCanon1]

2:40 🔥 🔥MYANMAR MENTIONED 🔥 🔥 🔥 WTF IS A STABLE DEMOCRACY 🗣️🗣️ 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@1tokeover]

He hesitates too much

[@KarlVeiga]

watch da show

[@sb5679]

He hesitates because he is fighting hes own demons

[@no-ev1om]

isekai power fantasy watchers when they watch a normal show for once:

[@czechmeoutbabe1997]

Anyone else thought she was listening to Big Energy by Latto?

[@imsusaf2038]

As a burmese i dont think that’s how they’re supposed to talk?

[@toomanyaccounts]

its a fake monastery to smuggle in drugs, guns etc

[@pberPSR]

this symbolizes that buddhism makes you weak. barry walks in ready to do his job, morals aside, and the power of the statues and the religious symbols turn him into a pitiful mush. this is exactly what religion does to people. it makes them get on their knees, sit under a tree, pray, send their thoughts and prayers.

[@davidf2244]

"religion makes you meak and nonviolent" is a take I have honestly never heard before. Please, go on.

[@pberPSR]

@@davidf2244 go on and read nietzsche. i forgot my spoon at the office. by the way, it's spelled M E E K.

[@JessieJellybeans]

Kid you must be so embarrassed that you don’t know Buddhism doesn’t have a god to pray to omg I’m embarrassed for you

[@gabecarter3554]

lmao who hurt you

[@davidf2244]

@@pberPSR are you trying to be rude and insensitive? You're not doing a very good job. That was a pretty meak attempt.