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Episode 9: Gone Girl

Beyond the Screenplay

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The Importance of Self Identity in Movies

A lot of us or all of us that are quote unquote normal have a self identity as well. And so like our ethical code is usually about like I can't act that way because that doesn't square with my version of myself. So that idea of ourselves sort of governs what we're capable of. One thing that I got from this movie the first time I saw was that if you had no nuance in your brain and watch this just straight up, it struck me as like a men's rights activist.

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