The Drink Takes The Man: Alcoholism And Recovery In THE SHINING And DOCTOR SLEEP
Examining two of Stephen King's works and their adaptations through the lens of recovery. By Justin Lockwood · April 30, 2021, 9:10 AM EDT Jack Nicholson and Joe Turkel in Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING (1980). I recently read someone call horror “the empathy genre,” and I think that’s why it’s such a relatable tool to explore human experiences, from grief (Ari Aster’s Hereditary) to broken relationships ( Get Out) to female coming of age (John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps). Alcoholism and addiction are another topic horror has explored from multiple angles, and i...
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