[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I don't think there is anything more ridiculous than saying James is to blame for Austin's actions. It was Austin who said those vile things to Janice he's responsible, no one else.

Why did Austin say what he did? He did it because he felt terribly betrayed by a person who he genuinely thought was his friend and has turned out to be a cunning weasel.

Austin took it out on Janice, wrongly, but he wanted her to feel his pain, not realizing that a self absorbed cow like her doesn't feel anything. She just manipulates situations and disappears back into her own little world.