Radiohead - Creep
The lyrics in this song start off with the speaker admiring another person. However, the transition from the first verse to the chorus is very dramatic as the tone changes. The chorus recites
"But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't care if it hurts.
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I'm not around
You're so @#$%$#@! special
I wish I was special"
The personality of the speaker is very similar to those of Raskolnikov's of Crime and Punishment and Mersault's of The Stranger.
In The Venture Brothers episode 'Mid-Life Chrysalis." Dr. Venture's transformation into a caterpillar slightly mirrors that of Gregor Samsa's transformation. The transformation includes elements of existentialism and especially alienation. Dr. Venture's transformation results in him being feared by others just as Gregor was by his family.
Paranoid Park, a film by Gus van Sant based on the novel of the same name. That author has said that the book is a kind of retelling of Crime and Punishment in a young adult fiction setting. This movie was filmed in 2007 and it stars Gabe Nevins and Taylor Momsen. The film is about Alex, a 16 year old skateboarder, who accidently kills a security guard but purposely tries to cover up the manslaughter. Just like Raskolnikov, after the murder, the two similar characters' insanity unravels and they start to detach from society. As Raskolnikov did the same, Alex breaks up with his girlfriend and alienates himself from almost everybody.
Lo Straniero by Lichino Visconti is the 1967 Italian film adaptation of The Stranger. This is the same storyline that Albert Camus first wrote. However, it is just an Italian adaptation of it.
"Metamorphosimpsons" is a parody of Franz Kafka's "The Metamophosis." Maggie turns in to a bug because of a gypsy curse. The plots do not mirror each other exactly, but the episode does contain evidence of influence. For example, Lisa attens "Cafe Kafka," which has several posters of cockroaches.
