Heavy topics:
- Jack sucks for a million reasons and we're gonna talk about as many as we can
- Alcoholism and the mindset of the alcoholic
- Emotional and physical abuse
- Abusive men and patterns of abusive behavior
- What the fuck is in that playground tunnel
The lighter side:
- Mean Girls and The Shining: two great tastes that taste VERY BAD together
- Wendy Torrance is a goddamned hero
- Stuart Ullman is GREAT at his job
- Jack is TERRIBLE at his job
- Horace Derwent is Howard Hughes, we dunno if you got that, it's kind of subtle
Recommendations: Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Creating the Innocent Killer by John Kessel, and Alcoholics Anonymous.
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