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Mother! Narcissism Yes! Mother Earth? ... I don't think so

MOTHER!
Narcissism? Yes, But, Mother Earth?
… I Don’t Think So.

September 28, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The environment? Really? Narcissism is more like it. I’m sorry, Darren Aronofsky. Not in a million years would I think Jennifer Lawrence’s character in Mother! is supposed to be Mother Earth, if I hadn’t read an interview with you. But, even so, she isn’t exactly an earthy type of woman. Bountifully giving to everyone and then having …

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Narcissism? Yes, But, Mother Earth?
… I Don’t Think So.
American Hustle Poisonous Choices to Survive

AMERICAN HUSTLE
Do You Have to Make a Poisonous Choice to Survive?

July 31, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

David O. Russell’s American Hustle is a cinematic treatise on the complexities of survival. Irving Rosenfeld, Sydney Prosser (AKA Lady Edith Greensley), Richie DiMaso, and Rosalyn Rosenfeld are each, in their own uniquely perverse and destructive ways, just trying to survive. But, are they? If we remove ourselves from the intrigue of the hustle itself (based upon the …

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Do You Have to Make a Poisonous Choice to Survive?

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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