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The Favourite How Envy Plays A Part In Sexual Favors To A Queen

THE FAVOURITE
How Envy Plays Its Part
In Sexual Favors To A Queen?

January 10, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The historical jury is out as to whether Queen Anne of England (1702 -1714) and her two ladies were actual lovers. Yet, sex makes for a good story; and sex wields power – in both what it has to offer and withhold. Envy, though, is the real name of the sexual game at the center …

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How Envy Plays Its Part
In Sexual Favors To A Queen?
The Irrational Man If I'd been a script Therapist for Abe Lucas

THE IRRATIONAL MAN
If I’d Been The Script Therapist
For Abe Lucas

July 26, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Woody Allen’s new film, The Irrational Man, gives us a troubled philosophy professor, Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix), in an existential crisis. Although Abe is an expert in Existentialism, he can’t live its system of belief. He’d have to find meaning in his life and live it to its fullest, in spite of its limits (or …

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If I’d Been The Script Therapist
For Abe Lucas

Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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