Les maux de la guerre à travers les mots du pilote Alex dans la série In Treatment (HBO, 2008-2010)
This article analyses how, in TV series In Treatment (HBO, 2008-2010), war is represented without the traditional images of war and only through the words of a patient (pilot Alex Prince) to his therapist. If war somehow reappears – albeit in a decentred way – in Alex’s angry confrontations with his...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures
2016-06-01
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| Series: | TV Series |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/1229 |
| Summary: | This article analyses how, in TV series In Treatment (HBO, 2008-2010), war is represented without the traditional images of war and only through the words of a patient (pilot Alex Prince) to his therapist. If war somehow reappears – albeit in a decentred way – in Alex’s angry confrontations with his psychoanalyst, in his lack of cooperation and in his desire to stand as a powerful alpha-male patient who denies any trauma or guilt, war eventually remains impossible to represent until the very notions of seriality and continuity are questioned. |
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| ISSN: | 2266-0909 |