Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine Sawbones: Home Alone 2
Dec 19, 2023
The hosts discuss the injuries sustained in Home Alone 2 and the unrealistic functioning of characters. They analyze the potential damage caused by falling bricks and the dangers of electric shock. They also talk about the seriousness of burns on the scalp and the continuity of characters in the franchise.
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Child's Moral Logic Escalates Violence
- Home Alone 2 frames Kevin's traps as justified because the robbers threaten sick kids' charity money.
- That moral framing lets the film escalate from mischief to near-murder without questioning the child's actions.
Early Trauma Explains Later Memory Lapses
- Several falls and impacts early in the film are survivable but likely cause concussions, broken bones, or internal injury.
- Sydnee warns that repeated head trauma could explain the robbers' poor future memory of Kevin's abilities.
Bricks Cause Realistic Head Trauma
- Bricks and other falling objects in the film would likely cause concussions, facial fractures, and internal bleeding rather than cartoon harmlessness.
- The hosts calculate forces and conclude Kevin's thrown bricks probably cause serious but not instant skull crushing.