I Shot Andy Warhol

I found myself empathizing with the main character, the one who shot Andy Warhol. It is quite a confession. Come to think of it, the movie title is a confession!

"I Shot Andy Warhol!"

Valerie Solanas acts paranoid and anti-social throughout the movie. But, I had to listen to the things she said. They made sense.

SCUM: Society to Cut Up Men! Valerie writes this manifesto. She repeatedly points out in the movie, which was directed and researched by Mary Harron, that men are defective due to the "Y" chromosome which is an imperfect copy of an "X." She is driven by the goal to reshape society to reflect the fact that men are redundant, and inferior to women.

To an impressive degree Valerie succeeds in realizing her goals, which causes one to rethink the judgement that she is merely paranoid. If someone obviously crazy succeeds in realizing their goals through acting out their own plans born of lunacy are they really insane?

At the end of the movie I had to conclude that she had some very compelling points both about society in general, and, about her situation in particular. Although, yes, she was paranoid.

You can be correct for the wrong reasons.