Word: ego
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...stories themselves rely heavily on archetypes, and some of the best films of the genre have an allegorical, fairy-tale quality. In pop psychology terms, the monster emerges from the viewer's id, wreaks havoc for awhile, and is destroyed by the hero, who represents the triumphant super-ego...
...playing with him on cue? Is Cross really protecting him, or is he just a conveniently anonymous, expendable bit of cannon fodder in Cross's battle to make a masterpiece? Is the film-allegedly an antiwar tract-a serious enterprise or just a moviemaker's ego trip...
Vice President Johnson's ties to the Kennedy White House were strained. Bobby and others on J.F.K.'s staff dismissed him as "Uncle Corn Pone." There is much evidence, however, that John Kennedy sincerely liked Lyndon and went out of his way to stroke his ego. There were, for example, those raucous fact-finding trips through Asia and India during which Johnson spurned State Department advice to avoid shaking hands with the unwashed masses. Nothing released his old progressive juices better than a crowd of impoverished farmers waiting for the word...
...clothes for the captives. Others liked to harass them; one tactic was to ignore their knocks on their doors to delay them from going to the bathroom or getting something they needed. The tougher captors, including a fellow called "Old Stoneface" by the hostages, "were on a real ego trip," says Queen. "This was the big moment of their lives." Queen was blindfolded whenever he left his room, and except for his roommates, he was not allowed to speak to other hostages...
Fred Stanley has provided confidence for the entire organization, confidence not that he will launch balls into the left field bullpen, but that there is more to the Yankee than sparkle, music and ego. There is substance, and there is consistency, dedication and depth. There is Fred Stanley...