For what it’s worth: I think this guy listened to too much rap music, watched too many raunchy tv shows.
In “Richard McBeef”, John, the son, was the heavy - Richard, the stepfather, was okay. I could understand why John behaved the way he did with a mother like Sue! She fought his battles for him, and refused to discipline him. Cho did not honor the woman. She was certainly no roll model!
I think Cho used his writing to express his hostility, if not hatred, of his school mates, and Americans in general. To Cho they were all infidels.
In “Mr. Brownstone”, I think he had watched James Earl Jone’s play which involved a lottery ticket, with a similar ending.
I haven’t listened to rap music, but I understand it is wrought with four letter words and disgusting scenarios. You can’t watch tv for five minutes before a steamy bedroom scene pops up. To a muslim, if he was muslim, all these things would easily set him off.
I am not making excuses for the terrible thing Cho did. I am just saying I am still inclined to think that what he did - he did for “Allah”, and the bullet in the face was his suicide ticket to paradise. (After all, he had no bomb. He had no airplane.)
I do think it very odd and disturbing that an Imam prayed to Allah at the memorial, but the Son of God was never mentioned by the Lutheran minister.
I finally read the plays. Here’s one slant, but it’s just a slant, mind you.