He’s not a fan of the new Joker, though he greatly admires Nolan’s version.
The truth is in your mask. The truth is in what you are doing.
Interesting take.
Paradoxically, a mask means I can be who I really am.
His point, based in some psychological theory, is that our plain faces are the real masks; that in our normal lives we artificially conform ourselves because of social convention, expectations, etc; but that “our mask” allows us to break out of those restrictions, inviting the true self – the inner or even unconscious self – to emerge.
Zizek is at his most entertaining and thought provoking when doing this kind of movie criticism, IMO.
She’s right, the Little Elm Autumn Fest was a blast. We went Friday on Oktoberfest night and the polka band was amazing, as were the food trucks and local craft beer. It was crowded, and we had to park a fair distance away, but we had a good time and were able to do what we went there to do. This is gonna be on our must-do list next year, but I think I’d like to get there earlier.
She went on: “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel. I was like, ‘This is totally spiel.’ It took me a long time, but I’m very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered.”
The only story here is how much Emma Watson uses the Hollywood word spiel.
I had a dream last night where the term fin de siecle kept popping up, like a kind of fixation.
