I, initially decided to review the lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Pretty Hurts' due to it's deep meaningful lyrics, and how it can be associated with Depression. However, after printing out the lyrics and analysing them (jotting notes down etc) I found that the song focuses deeper and could link to Lacan's 'Mirror Stage' theory, due to the justification of body issues and self acceptance, spoke about in the song. The lyrics "Reflection stares right into you, are you happy with yourself?" and "perfection is a disease of a nation" reinforces the proposed idea "that human infants pass through a stage in which an external image of the body (reflected in a mirror, or represented to the infant through the mother or primary caregiver) produces a psychic response that gives rise to the mental representation of an 'I'." (Easthope, 1993).
Although this song delves into body issues, I feel there is a good amount of influence I could take in order to help reinforce and apply Lacan's theory into my own self-scripted monologue, in my production. I can use some of these lyrics as a guide and link it to my own stimuli of Depression, as body image could be part of this.
Here are my jotted notes below:
Bibliography:
Antony Easthope, 1993, Contemporary Film Theory - A Pearson Education Print on Demand Edition, Pearsons Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE, England
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