Great Article Reflection

Reading through a magazine is usually thought as a past-time for waiting to see the dentist or a doctor. Turning to the 64th page of the June 2007 issue of Spin embarks one onto a journey through the life of one of the most celebrated and despised rock stars of the modern day. Jonathan Ames slams the reader into the passenger seat of an interview with Brian Hugh Warner, otherwise known as Marilyn Manson.
To say that the beginning of the story is strong is an understatement. Although indirectly, the Manson’s character permeates the story from the first sentence on despite the fact that he may not even be in the scene. “Black metal gates swing open, and I steer my car up Marilyn Manson’s driveway”, the nervousness of the writer is tangible and the reader continues almost sympathetically as if to comfort him before he meets what some call the antichrist.
As mentioned above the character of Manson continues but in a static form; he changes throughout the piece leaving all preconceived notions about him at the door. The writer includes a brief biography of the subject for the sake of the dentist office reader but moves quickly into the meeting of Manson and the initial answers to Ames’ questions. The article flows seamlessly between the business of the interview and the dialogue that must have been running through Ames’ mind as he takes in his surroundings and the surprising nature of his subject.
The ending of the story links subjects and elements that have surfaced in the middle portion and references these as meeting in a VIP bar ends one of the few evenings the writer has spent with Manson. Just before the story reaches its completion the writer recalls a switch from an interviewer objectively portraying Manson to a person who has grown to “experience” Marilyn Manson. The end is nearly as strong as the beginning, wrapping up a story about an infamous man in the minds of many and a god in those of his fans. The character of Manson follows through all the way to the end and by this time it has changed from an amalgamation of dropped preconceived notions to the beginning of a whole new set of ideas that surround the celebrity of Brian Hugh Warner.