Episode 11a: The Royal Tenenbaums, or when shitty dads mess up their clever kids. (Part 1: The Family of Geniuses)

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PART 1 OF 2!

Brother of the podcast and editor Nic Fornasier joins Steph as they explore the dysfunctional family opus, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), directed by Wes Anderson and written by Wes and Owen Wilson.

Together they ask the question, can narcissistic dads who abandon their kids make up for the resulting trauma? And if so does this movie portray this situation with nuance and respect? There is literally no way of knowing, except to listen to this episode, in two parts!

Part 1 focuses on the various mental illnesses of the Tenenbaum family and how they relate to Nic and Steph's own lives. Part 2 will be delivered to you on Friday 16th April. Enjoy!

CONTENT WARNING: Suicide, substance use and addiction (including personal experiences), depression, self harm, childhood emotional manipulation and neglect, cancer, discussions of sexual content, death of a family member, death of a dog, incest??

NOTE: This podcast is not designed to be therapeutic, prescriptive or constitute a formal diagnosis for any listener, nor the characters discussed. The host is not representative of all psychologists and opinions stated are her own personal opinion, based on her own learnings and training (and minimal lived experience). Host and co-hosts do not have the final say and can only comment based on their own perspectives, so please let us know if you dispute any of these opinions – we are keen for feedback!

Host: Stephanie Fornasier

Cohost and editor: Nicholas Fornasier

Music and artwork: Michael Watson

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Listen to the Just the Gist podcast live show Steph attended at https://www.listnr.com/podcasts/just-the-gist and listen to Why Are Dads' podcast's take on the same movie at https://www.stitcher.com/show/why-are-dads  

ARTICLES REFERENCED: 

Vulture: How Wes Anderson Made the Royal Tenenbaums 

Screen Rant: 10 behind the scenes facts about the Royal Tenenbaums 

Abilene Christian University: Who's Your Daddy?: A Psychological Analysis of Father-Son Relationships in Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums

Little White Lies: How Wes Anderson’s families helped me recover from the breakdown of my own

University of Rhode Island: When the alternative becomes hegemonic: A textual analysis of the Royal Tenenbaums  

The Dissolve: The Royal Tenenbaums forum: Failure, depression, and other varieties of family fun

The Jugular: The Psychology of Failure: The Royal Tenenbaums, Melancholy and Growing Pains

On Psychology and Neuroscience: The Life Psychotic with Wes Anderson 

One Room With A View: The Royal Tenenbaums And The Art Of Tragicomedy 

Screen Queens: #CriterionMonth: The sexist portrayal of Margot Tenenbaum in Wes Anderson’s the Royal Tenenbaums. 

Flipscreened: The Wes Dispatch #3: Trauma, Grief and Accepting Help in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums