Your mom called. She wants her Oedipus complex back—and it's wearing your face.
The Smiling Man descends into hell, and, trapped in the walls of his own homosexual longing, he must now confront his motherly obsession.
Acting
Julian Sellers plays both Smiling and Crying Man—duality as tour de force
Sound
Jarboe's Voice of Self-Love: Swans vocalist as your Jungian GPS
Direction
Dubis circles hell literally—each ring a tighter frame
Director
Barkley Dubis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jarboe recorded her entire vocal performance remotely from New Orleans, never meeting Sellers—making her 'Voice of Self-Love' literally disembodied.
Part II completes a diptych started with 2021's I Am Perfectly Normal, though both stand alone—think of it as Dubis' inverted Divine Comedy where the poet descends not to save anyone, least of all himself.
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