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In 1974, he exhibited a series of deathbed portraits of his father, a New York clothing retailer, which struck many viewers (including Avedon's son) as an act of unchecked Oedipal hostility.
Spock's own simplistic Freudian perspective, with its emphasis on childhood Oedipal dramas and the wonders of sublimation, sounds more quaint every year.
Critics also like the way the story has been rewritten to add some psychological depth (it's now an Oedipal allegory).
An Oedipal permutation of this theory blames his affairs specifically on an early deficit of motherly attention and notes that many of his alleged lovers bear a resemblance to Virginia.
Plus, I worry that this ever so slightly Oedipal situation is going to get in the way of his commitment to me.