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Departure Review

2020/6/21
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Minchester

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Hello! It's been a while.This episode is dedicated to a lovely indie movie Departure featuring young British actor Alex lawther. Departure is a coming-of-age story set in southern France. I find the movie refreshing in that it presents a complex palette of characters. I also look into its abundant narcissism-related metaphor/motifs and try to understand/defy the connection between myth, metaphor and queer culture. I continue to talk about Alex's film/TV/theatre works, among which Imitation Game and The End of The F***ing World are my favorite.As Alex says, be like Sally Hawkins and stay hydrated!References:Greg Goldberg, 'Though the Looking Glass: The Queer Narcissism of Selfies'Elizabeth Lunbeck, 'The Narcissist Homosexual: Genealogy of a Myth'