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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Re: Police Confirm McNair Death As Murder-Suicide

Posted by on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:56 PM

This is my last post on this crime. But how on earth could I pass over this incredible detail in silence?

Then she sat next to him on the couch, Serpas said, in such a way that police believe she tried to stage her suicide to fall into his lap. She shot herself in the temple. Police think she fell into McNair's lap, then gravity pulled her to the floor.
First, appearance was mattered most to young and poor Kazemi. Even the fear of death could not overpower her desire to be last seen on McNair's lap. Beneath the blood and gore, there would be the peace of her repose on the dead man's legs. But it seems that death was set on mirroring the relationship she had with McNair in life. She wanted to be on his lap, but gravity (here playing the role of reality) pulled her down to where the rich man always saw her—at his feet. In death as in life, players only love you when they're playing.

 

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Maybe she wanted to BE on his lap, not be SEEN there. Why do you assume it was about appearance? Why do you always assume things when spinning your shallow, pseudo-intellectual, trite offerings?
Posted by argh on July 8, 2009 at 2:56 PM
2
Do you enjoy snuff films, Charles?
Posted by Ackham on July 8, 2009 at 2:59 PM
3
This is a fantastic post, Mr. Mudede.

Very insightful. Thank you for this!
Posted by Ty on July 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM
4
Read again - Charles said both be seen, and be. And it's common for suicides to consider how they'll be seen in death, it even often dictates the manner of death they choose.
Posted by Patti on July 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM
5
profound
Posted by really on July 8, 2009 at 3:02 PM
6
i sure like you, Mr. Mudede.
Posted by m@tt on July 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM
7
and cliche-ers only play you when they're wriiiiitinggg. . . .
Posted by PC on July 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Lee 8
@1: I think that most people intuitively understand that the physical arrangement of a corpse is more about the appearance of the corpse to others, rather than the comfort or habits of the person the corpse belonged to. It's not a big leap to infer that a person's attempt to sculpt the scene of their death is about their wish to be seen and remembered in a certain way.
Posted by Lee on July 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM
laterite 9
Every man stepping out or thinking of it should read these posts of Charles'. You don't mess around with the crazy, guys.
Posted by laterite on July 8, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Allyn 10
How romantically tragic.
Posted by Allyn on July 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM
11
Great post, Charles.
Posted by Eric from Boulder on July 8, 2009 at 3:50 PM
pissy mcslogbot 12
re; the Players line.
From Crazy Towns' Players (only love you when they're playing)

One’s for the money,
Two’s for the honeys
Three’s for the pimp’s players
And the playboy bunnies.
You best believe I throw down.
Ain’t no need to slow down
You name the place and the time.
Find Mr. Shifty at the showdown.
Tearing you up.
That’s why all the fly girls
Just can’t get enough.
Said I loved you,
And you believed it was true.
That’s hilarious.
But your mother should have
Warned you about
Guys like us.

there were other lines but "Crazy Town" certainly seems apt.
Posted by pissy mcslogbot on July 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Aussie Steve 13
Again, while this all sounds terribly poetic, I really must take exception to the presumptuousness (is that even a word?) of your last 2 posts on this. I think you need to concede that you know almost nothing about these people, their lives, their relationship, or the full circumstances that led to this awful tragedy. Your posts are nothing more than wild literary speculation, and are demeaning to the memory of these 2 people.

You've been watching too much Law and Order Charles. Real life isn't quite so easy to wrap up into a few pithy lines.

Ps. I retract and apologise for the jibe in my comment yesterday calling your other post "maddeningly pretentious". That was rude, so sorry (but you gotta admit, it was a bit pretentious - Harold Pinter?).
Posted by Aussie Steve on July 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Suz 14
poetic.

i (heart) charles!
Posted by Suz on July 8, 2009 at 4:23 PM
15
so this is what happens when mudede posts without first getting really stoned

good post
Posted by Swearengen on July 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Lee 16
@13: I think part of Charles' point (if I may presume to speak for him) is that the kinds of narratives he is superimposing on this story are always present at some level when we talk about spectacles like this one.

It's not a peak into their hearts and minds so much as it expands on the stories we almost automatically build up around spectacular events.

Of course we don't know every thought she had when deciding to commit this crime. That's not the point.
Posted by Lee on July 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM
17
Go Charles, go!
Posted by Charles' cheerleader on July 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Hernandez 18
Not where I was expecting to see Fleetwood Mac quoted, but it does convey your point.
Posted by Hernandez http://hernandezlist.blogspot.com on July 9, 2009 at 8:56 AM
19
Good coverage to a pathetic situation.

I really feel bad for McNairs Wife and kids, these are the real victims.
Posted by PaulinBallard on July 9, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Gomez 20
I think she screwed up the whole 'make it look like McNair shot us both' thing when she put four bullets in him, not one. Pretty hard to live through three self-inflicted gunshot wounds to be able to give yourself a 4th.

But going crazy will do that to your logical thinking ability.
Posted by Gomez http://gomezticator.livejournal.com on July 9, 2009 at 2:46 PM

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