Playing the Viewer like an Organ: Norman Bates as the Protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Exploring the ways Alfred Hitchcock makes the audience root for Norman Bates in Psycho. Read More (Re)Viewing the Canon, EssaysAren BergstromApril 2, 2012Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, hero, horror, Janet Leigh, killer, manipulation, Marion Crane, Norman Bates, protagonist, Psycho Comment