tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783412827368250589.post8571189023987502629..comments2023-10-18T23:32:25.969+08:00Comments on A Little Taffer's Room: Wanton Punishment Part 5Melvin Mahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787921245305124636noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783412827368250589.post-56000463303622243192007-09-20T10:59:00.000+08:002007-09-20T10:59:00.000+08:00Excellent review there. You pretty much summed up ...Excellent review there. You pretty much summed up everything that can be said about the book.<BR/><BR/>"Widowmaker" looks like another great entry in the Ennis-Punisher Canon. It explores the other side of the equation. We symphatize with Frank Castle, identify with him even, because of his tragedy (his family killed by the mob before his eyes). But Frank as the Punisher have been doing that to other people for decades! The mob bosses he killed, though evil scums, are still someone else's father, husband, lover, friend.<BR/><BR/>Louis Cha examined this similar concept in the "Flying Fox" novels (and mentioned it explicitly in his Afterword to "The Young Flying Fox" novel). In "Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain", we read about Hu Yidao killing the villain, Shang Jianming. In "The Young Flying Fox", we see the widowed Mrs. Shang and her son grieving over the death of Shang Jianming and driven to vengence. Shang Jianming is a villain but he is still someone's husband and father.<BR/><BR/>Interesting that you compared "Widowmaker" to "First Wives' Club". Haha! For the life of me, I cannot see Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn conspiring to take out FRANK CASTLE! Haha! But I definitely see your point... :)Edmund Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764555123754526332noreply@blogger.com