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Virginia Tech Killer Wrote Play Call Mr. Brownstone Based On Guns N' Roses Song


Guns N' Roses 23 year-old Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui, wrote a play which takes its name from the GUNS N' ROSES song "Mr. Brownstone." The play tells a group of 17 year-olds to skip school, gamble, and fantasize about killing their professor. The play goes through the lyrics of the entire GN'R song, relating Mr. Brownstone to the teacher the main characters want to kill.

Excerpt:

John: Mr. Brownstone.

Joe: That old fart just won't leave us alone.

John: I'd like to kill him.

later in play:

John: I wanna kill him.

Jane: I wanna watch him bleed like the way he made us kids bleed.

To read the entire play, go to AOL News.

Police say Cho killed 33 people including himself and wounded 17 others at Virginia Tech University, Monday. Reasons for his rampage have not been determined.



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    April 18, 2007

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