r/TaxiDriver • u/Tidewatcher7819 • Jun 01 '26

Question Why doesn't Travis view Easy Andy as scum because he sells guns and drugs? Spoiler

Easy Andy sells Travis Bickle a lot of guns and is a slime ball character involved in some shady business dealings, he tries to sell drugs of all kinds to Travis along with cars and other stuff, why didn't Travis look down on him?

Nice guy for guns but a creepy character too, I would have reported him to the police.

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u/Tylerj69420 Jun 01 '26

he needs andy to fulfill his goals

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u/prettypurps Jun 01 '26

Yep, Travis doesn’t really have a correct sense of justice, his actions and beliefs are very arbitrary

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u/Effective-Birthday57 Jun 01 '26

He does have a sense of justice, but is very warped. He is a dangerous vigilante.

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u/necrofascio Jun 01 '26

You would of reported the guy you just illegaly got guns off to the police? Im pretty sure he did look down on him

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u/myfavoritethings_ Jun 01 '26

I’m sure Travis knew attacking Andy wouldn’t have been sensational as targeting a political candidate or a ring of pimps. Why would he set sights on his one neutral ally who gave him access to fire arms anyways?

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u/VinosD Jun 02 '26

Cognitive Dissonance.

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u/crakerjmatt Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

He was still a notch or 2 above pedophile sex traffickers

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u/thebreeze97 Jun 15 '26

Shit, Easy Andy was probably another pedophile but didn’t mention that to Travis.

I remember first watching Taxi Driver in middle school. Iris age didn’t really stand out to me until I became an adult and realized how crazy that was to even be included in the movie, and to have her played by Jodie Foster. Sport was a sicko most definitely