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Review: Michael Robbins on “Nancy”

Review: Michael Robbins on “Nancy”

May 15, 2024
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Freud tells us that neurotics have a tendency to repeat their trauma rather than remember it. Long before I read Freud, I learned this from Peanuts. Lucy will always pull away the football at the last second, and Charlie Brown will always believe that this time will be different. George Herriman’s Krazy Kat teaches the same lesson: Krazy’s attempts to w…

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