Comfort Sequels the Psychology of Movie Sequels from the '80s and '90s

In the late eighties and early nineties, while other kids were playing softball, Emily was sporting a Pink Ladies jacket, perfecting Michelle Pfeiffer's "Cool Rider" choreography from Grease 2, and wearing out the VHS player. Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels from the '80s and '90s tells stories from Emily's life, through the movie sequels of their childhood. When a film touches us, makes us deep-belly laugh, and has that feel-good spirit, we want more of it. We want the continuing story. We want the same story even, just recycled and offered in a slightly new way. What felt so good about the original can come back twofold and be the same, but different. Comfort Sequels examines the psychology behind what makes certain movie sequels memorable, safe, predictable, and comforting. These sequels are more of the universe we love-exploring something new while maintaining that which is familiar.

Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia Press
Published: 09/20/2024
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781949024685

About the Author
Emily Marinelli (they/them) is a genderqueer- and queer femme-identified Virgo writer and artist. Originally from Oklahoma, they now split time between California and Vermont. They are a psychotherapist and graduate professor in counseling psychology. They are a writer on the 25YL, Film Obsessive, and TV Obsessive websites, and The Blue Rose Magazine. Em was selected to participate in the 2023 Yale Writers' Workshop to work on Comfort Sequels. Follow them online at @emsmarinelli.