Annie’s Grief (Running Up That Hill)

The Oscars are 3 days away! To celebrate I am sharing with you today another ice skating montage starring two of this year’s leading ladies: Emma Stone and Margot Robbie. From nominated films, Poor Things, and Barbie, respectively.

Notice the mood change from the previous video as we return from Finland, the happiest country on Earth, to The United States, a land of demons. For, it can be said that if European girls greet their rivals with kisses, ours bash their knees in with a hammer. If you don’t know the true story of figure skater, Tonya Harding, it is bananas (look it up).

Without further adieu, here is the vid. I’ll include some more info at the end (for anybody interested). CONTENT ADVISORY: Language, Substance Use.

Thanks for watching!
E.F.

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Addendum: (The show Maniac, and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy)

Emma Stone’s character, Annie is from The 2018 Netflix series, Maniac. Cary Fukunaga’s (True Detective, No Time to Die) remake of the 2014 Norwegian series by the same name is about an experimental clinical drug trial to treat mental illness. Annie is suffering from PTSD as a result of a car accident that claimed the life of her younger sister.

In real life, psychedelic therapy (Marijuana, Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, DMT) is slowly becoming more mainstream. As a psychologist, and as somebody who struggles with depression, EF believes psychedelic-assisted therapy is a promising alternative to traditional approaches. Especially for individuals suffering from “treatment-resistant” depression, As well as many other disorders, of course. There is so much pain in this country. Roughly 100,000 Americans die each year from opioid overdoses. Alternatives cannot come soon enough.

Psychedelics are also extremely powerful, and dangerous. But not in the same lowly league as opioids. In general, psychedelics are much safer, physically. Their danger is more mental. I aspire to write more about this topic in the future.

EF made this video 3 years before Stranger Things re-popularized Kate Bush’s gem in season 4. Furthermore, the character of Annie bears an uncanny resemblance to the character of Max from Stranger Things. Also Meg Myers🎤 is a dead-ringer for Winona Ryder. I am a massive fan of the show, since the beginning. As such, I was influenced by the earlier seasons in making this ice skating video. And in general, am drawn to the same influences as The Duffers and other filmmakers. So it might be said that great minds think alike, as the saying goes☺️