Max and Blume, essentially the same character at different stages of decay, begin their psychological duel over Miss Cross; and Anderson nudges the humour to the brink of despair, in the style of 70s black comedies like The Heartbreak Kid or Harold and Maude.
However these chemical processes are also used to mirror the themes and ideas that I'm trying to investigate in the works, i.e. moral, personal, psychological, societal and political corrosion, decay and transformation.
He added, "There are psychological consequences when economies fall into decay".
Accompanying the photo, there's frequently a caption or article condemning the Cruises for allowing their little tyke to continue bottle feeding, proclaiming that Suri is in danger of malnourishment, tooth decay and even future psychological problems.
Written in the midst of the Lebanese civil war (which began in 1975 and went on until around 1990), "White Masks" portrays the infrastructural decay of Beirut and the psychological toll it took on its citizens.
There's a sickly odor -- of something rich with life that has started to decay -- about Nicolas Freeling's disturbing psychological study of a mild-mannered killer, SOME DAY TOMORROW (St. Martin's Minotaur, $22.95).
Synth and tape noise, along with horrifying images of surgery and bodily decay, were SPK's weapons for spreading psychological disease.
You can see the play as a nuanced psychological study or a pre-Chekhovian portrait of a decaying class.
At least they follow certain biological, cosmological, and psychological rhythms, often involving perceived patterns of birth or creation, growth, decay and regeneration.
