Singing in the Rain in A Clockwork Orange

This scene in the film, though highly grotesque and controversial, proves many analytical points.

In this scene, Alex sings and dances with singing in the rain while beating a husband and raping his wife. The use of art is what Alex and the others use to disconnect themselves from the violent acts do. With Alex using Singing in the Rain, the scene takes a more creepy turn. The fact he is so oblivious yet so involved in his actions makes this scene horrific. Alex is able to distance himself from the horrors he is doing rather than realizing the suffering he is implementing onto his victims.

The use of irony, also, is almost comical. Such a happy song with such a violent act. The louder he sings and the more "into" the song he gets, the more Alex beats and hurts the couple. He uses the song to intenisfy the beating and rape.

Though the scene is horrific, without the song this would not be the same. This song adds horrid nature to what s going on. It is interesting to see how different songs, whether good or bad, can be placed into a movie and completely give it a different meaning.