![]() ![]() I think it can be taken both literally and figuratively here. No matter the version you encounter, I find the repeated concept of “scaring to survive” very interesting. I find the French lyrics from the concept album to be the most vivid and true to the real-life killer, and the movie lyrics are similar in theme but simplified and slightly less graphic. That line is very similar to the Ripper’s lyrics in “La Panique Mécanique” from the album and the movie, though the exact words vary between the three adaptations of the story. You’ll soon learn how to survive by frightening others.” ![]() I don’t want to go into detail about the entire moment in the novel since I encourage you to read it for yourself, but I would like to discuss Jack the Ripper’s key bit of dialogue in the book which he repeats to Jack: With that out of the way, Jack the Ripper makes a much more interesting appearance in the book than in the movie. As it so happens, Jack the Ripper was active in 1888, and though he was still hanging around the Whitechapel district of London at the time his presence on the train is not out of the question. During Jack’s (not the ripper, the protagonist) trip to Andalusia, it is approximately the year 1888, the year of Jack’s 14th birthday. So, what’s the deal with Jack the Ripper in this story, and does his presence make any sense here?īefore I get into any analysis, my very first thought when the Ripper showed up in the film was if his presence is at all historically accurate in the setting of the story. The infamous serial killer known as Jack the Ripper makes a very quick and pretty random cameo in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, both the novel and the movie (and of course in the song “La Panique Mécanique” in the concept album). Jack the Ripper in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart ![]()
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