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revdorothyl at 01:40pm on 25/10/2009 under good-enough media mother, movie reviews, pop culture therapy
revdorothyl at 01:40pm on 25/10/2009 under good-enough media mother, movie reviews, pop culture therapyJust a quick note to say that I saw Where the Wild Things Are with a friend last night, and I can see why the critics are raving about it . . . though it was even more difficult to watch than I'd expected, simply because even the scenes on the island with the giant Jim Henson creatures were so REALISTIC (in terms of recognizable emotions and motivations and complications and pain).
I was particularly intrigued by the way that Max's kingship among the 'Wild Things' was a reflection not just of the way that little kids relate to one another in social groups, striving for dominance and forming little alliances, etc., but also of the way that children relate to a parent (not supposed to reply in kind when a kid's being difficult, but to be completely responsible for making the kid feel better, even if that requires being eaten).
Winnicott and Kohut and Melanie Klein would have a FIELD DAY with the biting/eating/devouring images and language, alone!
Definitely worth a look, but not an EASY movie to watch.
I was particularly intrigued by the way that Max's kingship among the 'Wild Things' was a reflection not just of the way that little kids relate to one another in social groups, striving for dominance and forming little alliances, etc., but also of the way that children relate to a parent (not supposed to reply in kind when a kid's being difficult, but to be completely responsible for making the kid feel better, even if that requires being eaten).
Winnicott and Kohut and Melanie Klein would have a FIELD DAY with the biting/eating/devouring images and language, alone!
Definitely worth a look, but not an EASY movie to watch.
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