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A "cold, contemptuous, and interminable Oedipal saga," says the Village Voice 's J. Hoberman, "just a big, static snooze."
The target of my skepticism has been psychodynamic therapy, whereby the patient's manifestly perceived problems, beliefs, and feelings are treated as mere "compromise formations" tossed to the surface by deep turmoil that can only be resolved by dredging for repressed memories, Oedipal cravings, and the like.
Critics also like the way the story has been rewritten to add some psychological depth (it's now an Oedipal allegory).
The Fox panel has fun with Time 's report that the Gore campaign had been paying feminist celebrity Naomi Wolf $15,000 a month (laundered through a faceless consultant agency) to advise the candidate on his wardrobe and on his Oedipal relationship with Clinton, among other things.
But it would be impossible for anyone in Bush's shoes not to bear an especially heavy Oedipal burden.