Showing Versus Telling, The Human Psyche, Grindelwald, and Abuse

This started as a side note in my post yesterday about The Crimes of Grindelwald. You probably don’t have to read it for this one to make sense since it’s mostly a review of the film, but it’s here in case you want to.

Oh, the human psyche. I do this Thing in classes when I’m teaching creative writing where I stand at the front and tell the students, “Okay, now I want you to be happy.” A couple of obliging students will attempt a smile, but mostly they just sit there being like, uh whut? Or e...