Kate, I think that you do an effective job of outlining Seven Psychopaths’ “commentary on screen violence and Hollywood’s influence over writers.” Your description of many elements that illustrate “how hard it is for writers to break free of convention,” enhanced my thinking of the commentary that the film forms, allowing me to see beyond the violent, crude, and, at times, comic surface-level of the film. I am wondering, however, if Billy’s ultimate demise slightly refutes the commentary, as Billy, the central visionary, whom “represent[s] the way Hollywood and society influence film” does not live to see Marty’s screenplay come to fruition. Could Billy’s death be the film’s way of forming a counter argument against the following of Hollywood’s influence? Does Billy’s death suggest that “individualism and creativity,” as depicted through Marty, should ultimately survive, while Hollywood’s influence should be demolished?