May December
“Just… don’t touch any of the bait.”
In physics, the observer effect maintains that observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes it. In May December, <PERSON> goes a step further, deciding that butterflies are best observed outside of the chrysalises that keep them in place (to say nothing of outside the enclosure itself). 495
It’s a breathtaking display of hubris.
<PERSON> turn at <PERSON> vis-a-vis <PERSON> sees her turning the screws on a boy who couldn’t be more different than the <PERSON> of her upbringing. For her, power is a balancing act and she’ll be damned if anyone else gets to put their thumbs on the scale.
The overall effect is one of churning, cream so long pooled into an uneasy, indelicate balance suddenly frothed within an inch of its life. Maybe you can spread it around now but no one person can direct the flow anymore 352