im a structuralist ok

A while ago, and still now, I am afraid of writing. Especially short form writing, because I think my style and interests lend themselves best to nuance, re-treading, etc.
In response, Emily mentioned that nuance is not what an essay is supposed to do — an essay is like a shotgun, it’s crude, it blows the door off its subject, nuance and thinking come later.
That’s how I feel about this film, whose subtext is so textual that it’s hard…