Friday, July 10, 2009

Psychiatrist Mark Goulston: Idiot of the Day

Now the studios are hiring quacks to tell us what is funny and what isn't?

On the other end of the spectrum are those viewers who don’t like Bruno, who typically feel victimized by the world and who take themselves very seriously. Their core identity is that of a victim, Goulston says.

"Show me someone who’s really offended by Bruno and I’ll show you a highly self-righteous person," he says. "These people feel that the world already treats them the way Bruno treats people.”

The movie tends to bring out the adolescent rebel in us, Goulston says.


The "adolescent" part, he's dead on....

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