“Intimacy doesn’t come naturally to man who has been raised in a household where caring is expressed through work; (…) even a gesture as innocuous as two fingertips grazing each other is a dramatic moment, practically accompanied by a silent fanfare of trumpets.” – Guy Lodge, Variety
something about sally trying to become gene by using the abusive method he used on her but failing when the acting class called her out
something about barry trying to do what fuches did to him by manipulating hank but failing when hank didn’t fall for it
something about how both of them have been absolutely ravaged by the abusive people in their lives and how neither of them can take responsibility when they start perpetuating these cycles and despite the fact that neither of them are even good at imitating the people that made them who they are, they’re both hurtling at top speed toward becoming “the ugliest versions of themselves”
i wish i had some actual coherent thoughts about this but i all i can do is scream
Do not fucking tell me what I am. God, I am so fucking sick of people telling me what I am. Do you have any idea what that feels like? Do you?
No. No, I don’t…..
Well it makes me feel like I’m not even a person, and I am a person, Barry.
Sarah Goldberg as Sally Reed in Barry (2018-2023)
created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader