How Tragedy, Trauma And Addiction Play Out In The 2018 Oscars

Cinema Intoxication –

MAR 2, 2018 – Victory came at a cost. The isolation, tension and high-stakes living resulted in an addiction to anxiolytics, painkillers and amphetamines just to function: sleep, talk, think. But her true addiction, according to her overbearing psychologist father, was her need to control powerful men; stemming from her disappointment with her own unfaithful father. Gambling is also a type of addiction, which many of the poker players developed. Contrary to her belief, Molly did not directly cause her high-end poker players to develop an addiction to gambling; but she was an enabler.
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