Can Hollywood ever find a way to handle suicide correctly?
May 16, 2022
4 minutes
After the customary red band MPAA warning that only “appropriate audiences” have their approval to watch the following preview, has a second, unusual title card. A trigger warning states that the clip contains “subject matter related to mental health and suicide,” then lists contact information for call line and text line support services catering to those at risk. It’s plain to see that studios Annapurna and Orion have taken a cautious approach to the release of the black comedy, and it’s equally plain to see why; in Carmichael’s directorial debut, he also stars as a dead-end sad sack who busts his best friend (Christopher Abbott, American indie cinema’s ace in the hole) out of a
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