Before Cowboy Bebop, There Was Vertigo
Channel: OrionTrips
Date: 2024-03-30

Spike Spiegel is one of fiction's most tragic cases; yet one of the most adored too. Cowboy Bebop is cautionary, but the apparent appeal of its protagonist shrouds the ultimate messaging of the show. Spike is (at least he is portrayed as) helpless, a victim, and worthy of sympathy. But Vertigo, a 1958 inspiration for Cowboy Bebop's later themes, offers no excuses for its troubled male lead, and pulls no punches in painting his utter depravity and self-destruction. Spike is sexy (so to speak) to many fans; true cosplay material. But surely, no one is idolizing Vertigo's Scotty anytime soon.
But sexy or not, if you relate to Spike, you'll relate to Scotty too.
It's just not so much fun to admit.

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Chapters:
0:00 Vertigo
4:57 Cowboy Bebop
7:30 Romantic Tragedy
14:24 This Way Towards Ruin
20:14 A Choice in the Matter

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