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Everything Everywhere All At Once Breaking Out of Someone Else's Box

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
ALL AT ONCE
Breaking Out Of Someone Else’s Box

March 13, 2023 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Who chooses what’s “right” for you? In the best of worlds, you do. But, if you’re afraid to trust your own voice, it can be very hard to believe that. Especially when there are people in your life, and other voices inside, who tell you they know the right answers. And, so, in Everything Everywhere …

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ALL AT ONCE
Breaking Out Of Someone Else’s Box
Crazy Rich Asians How to Be The Winner Over A Boyfriend's Mother's Envy?

CRAZY RICH ASIANS
How To Be The Winner
Over A Boyfriend’s Mother’s Envy

September 3, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jon Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians is about crazy wealth. But it’s really about so much more. It’s about the clashes between old money and new; privilege and disadvantage; American-born Asians and those calling Asia home; between following passion and giving into duty. Mostly it’s about a boyfriend’s mother’s envy. And, at the film’s center, we …

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How To Be The Winner
Over A Boyfriend’s Mother’s Envy

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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