I CAN'T DO THIS....First Reaction - Ren - The Tale of Jenny & Screech!

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  @jasonremy1627 · 3 years ago

  No one is ready, my friend.

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  @robmarar · 3 years ago (edited)

  Here&apos;s the origin story of this trilogy 🤩😁🤯 <br> <br>This wasn&apos;t originally a trilogy story. &nbsp;Ren read a small article about a 14 yr old boy killing a young prostitute with a knife in an attempted robbery. Knife crime had been skyrocketing in London at this time. &nbsp;Later that same evening the boy had been shot and killed by the police responding to a possible suspect for a girl found murdered in Sussex Gardens in Paddington - one of the capital&apos;s most notorious red light districts. It disturbed him, so he set out to write a commentary not just on senseless violence, but on how desensitized we&apos;ve become to it. &nbsp;The words he ends both Jenny and Screech&apos;s Tales with is &quot;It&apos;s such a Shame&quot; we say these words all to often and just move on without a second thought. &nbsp;The the lead inspector was quoted saying &quot; So Young, It&apos;s such a shame&quot;. <br> <br>Violets Tale was written over 2 years later adding another layer of commentary by Ren. &nbsp;He wanted us to consider not only generational violence but to make us look at all angles of society that we turn a blind eye to. &nbsp;Both characters are born out of violence on that cruel night of Violets beating and then both killed with brutal violence in the same night 14yrs later. &nbsp;Also, his lyrics have even more meaning when you read in between the lines. For example he doesn&apos;t say what Jenny was doing or why she wanted to escape from this place &amp; life, or why Screech thought she was older saying at Patrick&apos;s door &quot;I left this lady lying on the floor&quot;. Could that be because the way she&apos;s dressed &amp; her heavy makeup? Also why was a 14yr old girl out so late in the dead of night walking alone in a sketchy area, wearing high heeled shoes, down a streeet that &quot;she&apos;s walked it a thousand times before&quot;? &nbsp;Everything points to Jenny being an underage prostitute, showing us what Ren writes has reason &amp; is made to make us think. There&apos;s no fat on the bone, every word is weighed &amp; has meaning. <br> <br>Also, how can both these siblings be so cursed? Both are born out of violence on that cruel night of Violets beating and then both killed with brutal violence in the same night 14yrs later. &nbsp;Interesting how Jenny has the same traits as her mother Violet, quiet, voiceless, and timid. Whereas Screech mirrors his father Stevie in every way, &nbsp;Loud, obnoxious, and easily prone &amp; provoked into violence. They didn&apos;t know one another and had never met their biological parents. What made these kids so much like their parents? Was it simply Nature, inherited traits due to their genetic make-up OR Nurture, being brought up in the broken governmental system filled with, mistreated &amp; in many cases, abused &nbsp;children, shuffled from one foster home to another ? He organically takes us on this journey, leaving us to think shouldn&apos;t we be doing better in this so called &quot;advanced, wealthy, 1st world society. <br> <br>I&apos;m loving your reactions. Cheers 🥂.

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• RE

  @rebeccarose7405 · 3 years ago

  He doesn’t just tell a story, he embodies it! &nbsp;Singing, playing, acting all at once make him a different type of performer than most!

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  @Mikes5276 · 3 years ago

  Violets Tale is probably the best piece he&apos;s written and performed. The guitar work is amazing and the song wrecks you. Something that sounds that beautiful shouldn&apos;t be so devastating.

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  @shelbyhatcher2636 · 2 years ago

  I felt this reaction. And I am someone who survived a very similar situation so Violets tale kills me every time. Ren actually looks very much like my abuser and his expressions in Violets tale actually terrify me on an entirely different level. At the same time, for reasons I don’t understand, it’s healing in a way to see him in this way and know he is doing it to bring light to the horrible shit that goes on in this world. I feel like I can actually release the raw emotions from my past. I love everything he does and I’m definitely a fan for life. Thank you for this and for being vulnerable.

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• JY

  @jylyhughes5085 · 10 months ago

  Uffff! No words. Speechless. Ren ... Artist and chronicler, the Shakespeare of NOW! ❤❤❤❤❤

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• LY

  @lynette. · 3 years ago

  He is like a medieval minstrel bought up to date. Masterpiece.

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  @amandacollins2854 · 3 years ago

  If you aren&apos;t shattered after Violets tale your not much of a human being . Ren starts conversations, &nbsp;this conversation &nbsp;about generational trauma has reverberated around the internet . Its a subject worth talking about. Rens amazing portrayal brings the true horror of the reality of domestic violence on one person and subsequent generations. As a woman who has experienced &nbsp;this it has been wonderfully reaffirming to see men such as yourself react to this with horror and sadness . Ren has started many conversations on the internet D.V., S.A. , su*cide ,generational trauma . The world needs people who hold a mirror up to it even if sometimes the picture we see is not flattering. <br>Thank you for your reaction <br>Its nice to know there are men who are not insensitive to violence .

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• RE

  @reneevazPets · 8 months ago

  Dude, you have the most relaxing and soothing voice I think I’ve ever heard. It’s rather dreamy.🤪

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• JA

  @jasonremy1627 · 3 years ago

  How deep do you want to go? <br><br> If you want to amp up the intensity another notch: Money Game Part 1<br><br>If you want to cry: How To Be Me (live)<br><br>If you need a break from all the heavy stuff: His band, The Big Push, has some great stuff. &nbsp;Their cover of the Manu Chao song &quot;Bongo Bong&quot; is chill. <br><br>Want to feel like you&apos;re at the greatest party ever: The Big Push &quot;I Shot The Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop&quot;. The one with Ren in the red suspenders. <br><br>If you want to see some insane rapping skills: The Hunger<br><br>That&apos;s probably enough to get you started.

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  @tangenitalmadness · 2 years ago

  In Violet&apos;s Tale when he says, &quot;do you think I want to do this?&quot; How many times have DV survivors heard that? Pure victim blaming by abusers.

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• DA

  @davespicer3647 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Each reactor discovering Ren finds a community willing to walk with them through their journey. Welcome!

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