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category:
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date: '2024-02-07'
description: trans allegory disguised as 90s nostalgia horror—schoenbrun filming the terror of knowing your true self but choosing to stay buried, tv show offering escape then demanding you recognize it as real.
director: Jane Schoenbrun
id: i-saw-the-tv-glow
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  - r/psychology
title: I Saw the TV Glow
watched: '2025-08-05'
year: 2024
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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What makes a \[Lychian\] (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch>) movie?