MOVIE DISCUSSION:
Sheila Gregoire: Bare Marriage Podcast / Bare Marriage Blog / Author Page
Sheila Gregoire of the Bare Marriage podcast joins Melvin to discuss The Assistant, a hidden gem of pure psychological drama! It's depiction of modern office work in the film industry is understated, dour, and timely, as it tackles a combination of workplace inequality, systematic issues, and the thin line between the complacent and the complicit.
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- The Assistant is a bleak depiction of not only workplace abuse but also of human relationships.
- Although uneventful, the film has perpetual unease and eeriness.
- Sheila observed how the film depicts food, and the two discuss its non-nutritious showcase of a biological workplace distraction.
- Medication plays a significant role in the setting of the film, making overt allusions to the film’s boss as a caricature of Harvey Weinstein.
- Exploitation, abuse, and unethical practices in a company are ultimately anti-capitalist, even if the line is going up and to the right.
- Pondering if abusive hierarchical structures are more common and dangerous in the church than in the workplace.
- Sheila, “Often we feel like when we are in these situations that we are powerless… but quite often we do.”
- Is Jane complicit?
Recommendations:
- For Our Daughters (2024) (Short Film)
- TÁR (2022) (Movie)
- Bombshell (2018) (Movie)
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