{"id":546,"date":"2026-10-03T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:37:16","slug":"episode-161-wild-analysis-sunset-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Episode 161: Wild Analysis: Sunset Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/api\/rss\/u\/d3m7PxEp5smvZbVJaT8akVDUsyede5Br\/e\/171216656.mp3?sig=AHlyfOewY8bbglDU9npGcryXav7olygKrivLcI5uvGo%3D\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one leaves a star \u2013 that\u2019s what makes one a star!\u201d In the latest installment of Wild Analysis, Abby and Dan discuss Billy Wilder\u2019s classic 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard. From Gloria Swanson\u2019s masterful portrayal of faded starlet Norma Desmond to the film\u2019s ruthless depiction of Hollywood\u2019s love affair with youth and the very idea of movie magic itself, it\u2019s a perfect opportunity for Abby and Dan to explore themes of celebrity, narcissism, and the tyranny of the image. Along the way, they talk psychic retreats, mirrors and the mirror stage, glamorous outfits, dead chimpanzees, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">References:<br>Jacques Lacan, \u201cThe Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience\u201d <br>Nilofer Kaul, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/aps.1796\" target=\"_blank\">Breaching the Frame: Psychoanalysis and Sunset Boulevard<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you\u2019ve traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! (646) 450-0847<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Find us online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryunhappiness.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ordinaryunhappiness.com<\/a><br>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unhappinesspod\" target=\"_blank\">@UnhappinessPod<\/a><br>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ordinaryunhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">@OrdinaryUnhappiness<\/a><br>Patreon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/OrdinaryUnhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/OrdinaryUnhappiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theme song:<br>Formal Chicken &#8211; Gnossienne No. 1<br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO<\/a><br>Provided by Fruits Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo one leaves a star \u2013 that\u2019s what makes one a star!\u201d In the latest installment of Wild Analysis, Abby and Dan discuss Billy Wilder\u2019s classic 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard. From Gloria Swanson\u2019s masterful portrayal of faded starlet Norma Desmond to the film\u2019s ruthless depiction of Hollywood\u2019s love affair with youth and the very idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast-episode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordinaryunhappiness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}