Eternal Sunshine is a bold statement on the ways that we treat trauma like it’s something external, other, that we can discard through the help of science. Kinda like demonic possession!
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#12 - Black Swan: Inner Whore vs. Outer Madonna
What happens when you try to be two different people at once? Turns out it just might kill you
#11 - Whiplash: The Myth of the Mad Genius
What’s more valuable to you - happiness, or success? That’s what director Damien Chazelle seems to be asking the audience. If you are successful, does that somehow justify going mad? If you choose not to even try for success, is that some sort of creeping madness in its own right?
#9 - Edward Scissorhands: the Autism We All Needed
Being disabled in an ableist society feels like having scissors for hands.
#4 - Blade Runner 2049 - Your Story Doesn't Matter
Our dynamic duo explore societal associations between madness and biological determinism as well as the factors that lead marginalized groups not to be trusted as credible experts of their own feelings and experiences.