The Dr. Jonathan Crane of
the comic book realm apparently suffers from an inferiority complex, being
bullied as a youngster and then using science in his career to explore the
human ability to handle fear. The link below is the description given by IGN
Entertainment, when they ranked him #58 on their list of Top 100 Comic Book
Villains.
The movie doesn’t give much
information on Crane’s history, but it does show the effects of his work. Crane
created a special toxin that affected the brain and warped the victim’s mind
and vision, causing them to see hallucinations of their worst fears and fall
into a panic. When administering the drug, Crane wore a small burlap mask with
a gas mask built inside to protect him from the drug’s effects- making him
appear like a ‘Scarecrow’. The video clip below will show how it works.
While the film Scarecrow
doesn’t appear to suffer from mental illness himself, he does present a case
of mental illness being inflicted intentionally rather than naturally. Crane
uses science and technology to induce insanity on his victims, which can also
demonstrate mental illness as a consequence of criminality rather than a cause
of it.
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