Exploring Themes of Revenge, Memory, and Psychological Manipulation in a Hypnotic Plot

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The chapter delves into a character's plan for suicide after achieving vengeance, intertwining themes seen in revenge movies and dissecting the consequences of losing purpose and identity. It explores the uncertainties surrounding a hypnotism session aimed at erasing memories and the character's transformation into two distinct personalities, leaving the audience questioning the success of the hypnotism and the character's true emotional state.

David and Tamler dive into the mysteries at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s deeply disturbing masterpiece "Oldboy" (2003). An ordinary man, Oh Dae-su, is imprisoned for 15 years in an old, windowless hotel room. After being abruptly released Oh Dae-su embarks on a mission to discover why he was imprisoned and to get revenge on the man who did it. But does Oh Dae-su really want to know the answers? And is he asking the right questions? (SPOILER HEAVY EPISODE! See this movie before you listen! Available on Netflix in the US.) Plus, how familiar are you with words the words azimuth and espadrille? Turns out that the answer may depend on your gender.

Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior research methods, 51, 467-479.

Oldboy (2003 film) [wikipedia.org]