There is a point in One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 where the language of survival finally becomes the language of retaliation. “The Arsonist” is that point. The song is not simply about having survived an attempt to destroy you. It is about what happens afterward, when the person who has been burned decides that the fire did not finish him and that the scars it left behind have become part of his strength. Manson himself described the song as the moment when the narrative of the two chapters “crystallizes into a battle stance,” and, referring to the painting he created for it, said that the “burned scar tissue” had formed into armor. That description gets very close to the heart of the song. The fire has not disappeared. It has changed him. The title is important because Manson does not call the song The Survivor or The Victim . He calls it "The Arsonist." An arsonist deliberately starts a fire, and this changes the entire perspective of the song. The speaker is no...
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Journalist and screenwriter Phoebe Eaton spotted Marilyn Manson and someone she assumed to be Rose McGowan - "or at least, her doppelganger" - having dinner this past Sunday (6/2/24) at the legendary and very touristy Musso and Frank Grill in Hollywood. Though she made it sound like she was unsure of the identity of the woman with Manson (I'm sure she just found it hard to believe), and since a barrier kept her hidden most of the time, it has been anonymously confirmed that it was indeed Manson's ex-fiance Rose McGowan with him at dinner.
Though it is unknown why they were having dinner together, we can assume they are at least on friendly enough terms to do so, which is quite significant in light of the roller coaster ride over the past few years since Evan Rachel Wood and others named Manson as their abuser in February 2021.
As I have written elsewhere, we know that in 2020 Manson and McGowan were friendly and talking again, but as Evan's public testimony about an abusive past relationship was gaining publicity she, as an early and vocal MeToo advocate, took a sudden turn and said she needed to reevaluate their friendship if it turned out to be true that it was Manson. Then when Evan named Manson, she decided to support Evan and all of Manson's accusers, as a MeToo advocate, despite her stating that nothing of what he was accused of took place in their relationship which lasted over three years (1997-2001), adding that she was "disgusted" by what she was hearing.
Meanwhile, in 2020 Evan Rachel Wood was trying to get in McGowan's good graces, probably to win her over as an ally against Manson. This is why Evan is said to have left Twitter in May 2020, since she alone decided to publicly defend Rose for standing up for Joe Biden-accuser Tara Reade, and in turn received a lot of backlash. Then after Evan named Manson and thanked Rose for her support, she would even begin to recommend McGowan's 2018 book "Brave" on her Instagram page, stating that it was an excellent evaluation of Hollywood, despite the fact that Rose dedicates an entire chapter to praising Marilyn Manson and how well he treated her after being in many abusive relationships.
Things began to take a turn when Rose started to become more critical of the MeToo movement, then on December 20th 2022 she came out publicly against the harassment and bullying she received nearly two years prior to force her to make a statement against Marilyn Manson, right after Evan called him out by name as her abuser. Just a few days prior to this, Manson's ex-wife Dita Von Teese stated something similar in one of her interviews.
With this in mind, let's hope Rose has indeed now found the courage to fully come forward with what she already knows - that Marilyn Manson is not the man he has been falsely accused to be.
Though it is unknown why they were having dinner together, we can assume they are at least on friendly enough terms to do so, which is quite significant in light of the roller coaster ride over the past few years since Evan Rachel Wood and others named Manson as their abuser in February 2021.
As I have written elsewhere, we know that in 2020 Manson and McGowan were friendly and talking again, but as Evan's public testimony about an abusive past relationship was gaining publicity she, as an early and vocal MeToo advocate, took a sudden turn and said she needed to reevaluate their friendship if it turned out to be true that it was Manson. Then when Evan named Manson, she decided to support Evan and all of Manson's accusers, as a MeToo advocate, despite her stating that nothing of what he was accused of took place in their relationship which lasted over three years (1997-2001), adding that she was "disgusted" by what she was hearing.
Meanwhile, in 2020 Evan Rachel Wood was trying to get in McGowan's good graces, probably to win her over as an ally against Manson. This is why Evan is said to have left Twitter in May 2020, since she alone decided to publicly defend Rose for standing up for Joe Biden-accuser Tara Reade, and in turn received a lot of backlash. Then after Evan named Manson and thanked Rose for her support, she would even begin to recommend McGowan's 2018 book "Brave" on her Instagram page, stating that it was an excellent evaluation of Hollywood, despite the fact that Rose dedicates an entire chapter to praising Marilyn Manson and how well he treated her after being in many abusive relationships.
Things began to take a turn when Rose started to become more critical of the MeToo movement, then on December 20th 2022 she came out publicly against the harassment and bullying she received nearly two years prior to force her to make a statement against Marilyn Manson, right after Evan called him out by name as her abuser. Just a few days prior to this, Manson's ex-wife Dita Von Teese stated something similar in one of her interviews.
With this in mind, let's hope Rose has indeed now found the courage to fully come forward with what she already knows - that Marilyn Manson is not the man he has been falsely accused to be.