It ruminates on masculinity, the nature of obsession, and – getting really into Pseuds Corner here – the deepest truths of the human condition.
Let me pause here to consider the nature of obsession, a word my dictionary defines as a "compulsive, often unreasonable idea".
It's a sensitive, very literary study of the nature of obsession, centring on an eccentric, low-life autodidact in Florida called John Laroche Chris Cooperr), who has gone from one obsession to another, the latest being orchids.
If American TV ever remade this show, that twist would almost certainly be turned into a gimmick, but as with character-driven crime narratives like "Rectify," "Prime Suspect" and "Luther," the point of the story is to examine the nature of obsession from both sides of the criminal divide.
The image of Edwards dotted with materialized ideas suggests the nature of her obsessions.
To Annie, the dead would be indistinguishable from the living if not for the chocolate-brown monotony of their wardrobes, matched only by the relentlessly dreary nature of their obsessions.
These data may suggest that preschool children with OCD may be able to admit and verbalize distressing and excessive nature of their obsessions or compulsions if they were asked about these symptoms directly.
However, children with ASD and comorbid OCD are reported to have poorer insight into the exaggerated nature of their obsessions and they may perceive their compulsions as less egodystonic [ 47, 48].
These include the nine accommodating behaviours assessed by the original questionnaire (ie. reassure patients regarding the unfounded nature of their obsessions) and three new items related to the rituals (FAS-IR; Calvocoressi et al., 1999).
