DIRECTOR'S CUT: Villain Therapy: GRU from Despicable Me (Patreon)
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2024-06-17 15:00:00
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2024-06-14 22:19:08
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2024-08
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How do you learn to have a healthy attachment style?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Gru’s villainous story arc in the first Despicable Me film. They’re talking about Gru’s hurtful behavior from childhood trauma and how he arrives at a positive place. Jonathan explains Gru’s anxious avoidant attachment style, and he praises Steve Carell for convincing the filmmakers to lean into Gru’s evilness. And Alan wonders if this movie is actually about him. Is Alan Gru?