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Analyzing Evil: Travis Bickle From Taxi Driver

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Welcome everyone to the forty-second episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature villain for this video is Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!

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20 Comments

@henrikhansen1023 5 years ago (edited)

Travis is not evil - he does not take pleasure in the suffering of others, not even those he himself made to suffer.

Deeply troubled and disturbed - but not evil.

@invadervim9037 4 years ago

The thought of a bunch of dudes sitting in a dark public space watching porn together is just so weird to me.

@reverendo_bizarro 5 years ago

Fun fact: John Hinckley Jr, the dude who shot Reagan, was obsessed with this character, he even said he tried to assassinate the former president to impress Jodie Foster.

@randomguy6679 2 years ago

“Half the population is full of Travis Bickles now”- Martin Scorsese

@finney932 5 years ago

Travis states that: "Loneliness has followed him his entire life" which tells us that he's been a loner his entire life.

Great insight there.

@darksepheroth4627 4 years ago

I love how Robert De Niro had a role in Joker. The way I see it, that was him giving his blessing to a movie that was heavily influenced by his classic.

@nulolove 5 years ago

When you’re talking about Travis not going to the police, I. 1970s NYC not only was there a social code agaisnt talking to police. But the police were notoriously corrupt and regarded as useless. They probably would’ve even took bribes from the pimps. It doesn’t excuse Travis but it helps explain why he doesn’t go to the police

@offabeam9210 3 years ago

one thing you didnt mention is that travis wouldve blown his head off in front of Iris if he didnt run out of ammo. He really didnt care how she felt in that moment, and wouldve added to her trauma

@samgott8689 5 years ago

No lie, I’ve known more than a few “Travis Bickles” working on the graveyard shift. They’re out there man. That’s the most disturbing part of Taxi Driver. The story is fiction, but that shits as true as it gets.

@DownNTx 5 years ago

If a robbber (he wasn't a thief) is pointing a loaded firearm at someone in the commission of a crime, deadly force is more than warranted. That wasn't murder.

@ben2741 5 years ago (edited)

The moment when Travis stops drinking and working out again would today be the moment he starts unironically posting in a “self improvement general” thread on 4chan

@solid_mario3496 1 month ago

Seen this movie again on a big screen rerun and oh man is this movie growing more and more relatable as we progress through society.

@patthecat1800 5 years ago

Travis is an anti-hero, not a villain. He has good and evil inside of him, just like all of us. Just because someone is suffering from mental health issues doesn't mean they are evil. Evil is about intent. Travis's intent was always good.

@walteracevedo5105 5 years ago

"I can't tell if the world is good or evil. I just know a lot of people leave their garbage, rather than take it with them."
- Unknown

@JacktheKnife883 4 years ago

I think Travis’ style of dress (cowboy boots, western style shirts, etc.) might indicate he’s from rural America. Look at what everyone else is wearing; polyester shirts, ties and slick shoes. You don’t even see many other ppl in the movie wearing blue jeans except for Travis.

@jaxjams7921 4 years ago

i sorta think of this series as “i’m analyzing the concept of evil through characters that do bad things” rather then “i’m analyzing EVIL characters”

@JayDonagh 5 years ago

When he met Iris it gave him some sort of purpose in his life, he was never a fully immoral villain and we know he did have compassion in him; albeit a little twisted. When he met someone who was extremely young and on an incredibly destructive path, maybe he saw a bit of his younger self in her or at least saw where her trajectory was heading. In his mind, he considered fixating on her safety as a healthy occupation for him, a goal.

@humanothumqn659 4 years ago

This whole video reminds me of when kids in school are told to tell a teacher about bullying but then the staff doesn't actually do anything to intervene

@pilvaxtarsasag 5 years ago

"If you hold a high moral view of yourself in society, it would be in your best interest to congregate with like-minded people and not attempt to find in others, the values you assume they'll hold based on your own superficial assumptions." Damn.

@cascadianrangers728 3 years ago (edited)

Travis was a trained and possibly experienced killer: He was an USMC infantryman who deployed and fought in Vietnam. As a USMC infantry veteran, I would know, Travis had violence pounded into him, we are brainwashed and conditioned to want to kill badly enough to die for it. The only thing that's more important is accomplishing the mission, which is worth more than anyones life ...