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Genre-fying Mental Illness [II]: the Disenfranchised, Disillusioned Lone Wolf
Genre-fying Mental Illness [II]: the Disenfranchised, Disillusioned Lone Wolf

Pop culture is drawn to the seething, simmering man on the edge, whose underlying violence could turn outward, at any given moment.

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On Sympathetic Men and Frigid Women: Relationship Dysfunction in Wes Anderson's Filmography
On Sympathetic Men and Frigid Women: Relationship Dysfunction in Wes Anderson's Filmography

How come, despite the fact that they are supposed to be the focal point of his criticism, the men of Wes Anderson’s movies are somehow more sympathetic than the women who surround them?

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