DIRECTOR'S CUT: Villain Therapy or Psychology of a Hero: SEVERUS SNAPE
Added 2022-09-21 13:58:04 +0000 UTCIs Severus Snape a hero or a villain?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take an in-depth look at the character of Severus Snape -- what makes him heroic, what makes him villainous, and how love and bitterness shaped him. They talk about his bullying of Harry and other students, his relationship with Lily, his loyalty to Dumbledore, and how absolutely iconic Alan Rickman is in this role.
Are Snape's feelings for Lily actually love? Is he a hero, villain, antihero, or just a traumatized bully?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright continue their analysis of Severus Snape, looking at how he helped Harry and Dumbledore (and the world), but also terrorized students and others in his life, including those he claimed to care about. They talk about Snape's relationship with Lily Potter (how unhealthy was it??), Alan Rickman's phenomenal performance, Snape's mentor relationship with Malfoy, and some of the differences between book Snape and movie Snape.
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Severus Snape is a villain. He did not deserve any kind of redemption.
Avery Eymard
2024-08-01 15:29:34 +0000 UTCThe blue and brown/bronze ones could be ravenclaw flavored
Alex Boynton
2024-03-15 04:49:47 +0000 UTCYea!
Melissa
2024-03-11 18:44:32 +0000 UTCWe definitely want to do a Galaxy Quest episode at some point!
Cinema Therapy
2024-03-07 15:42:07 +0000 UTCMy 2nd favorite Rickman character is Alexander in Galaxy Quest. Maybe you could do an episode on Team Dynamics. I don't know...any reason to discuss this gem of a comedy! 😆
Melissa
2024-03-07 01:22:40 +0000 UTCSpeaking partly in my professional capacity as a linguist here: I think the reason Rickman's glacial delivery works so well is that he was such a master of non-verbal communication that his body and voice communicate entire sentences (or even paragraphs) around and between each of the words he speaks. No matter how slowly he chose to go, there's never any dead time because every apparent pause is alive, sort of like when a violinist lets a note hang in the air for a few moments before putting down the bow and the tension of the note still lingers. You watch or listen to most performers, but you *feel* Alan Rickman. He could pack so much meaning and intensity into every syllable, movement, or expression that when he wanted to really lean into it, he almost *had* to speak at that pace in order to allow his audience to feel what he was saying. Some of what he did can probably be taught (and of course he won the genetic lottery with that VOICE), but most people who use similar techniques don't understand what they're doing as well as he did, so sometimes it'll work, and other times they'll overdo it, or do it at the wrong times, or fail to sustain the intensity. He had to have had some sort of native instinct besides his training. The sheer level of mastery he had, the precision and control, the flawless timing, the viscerality, the way he clearly knew exactly what he was doing and why at every moment... just genius.
Katizaris Leanisillis
2024-01-16 20:53:23 +0000 UTCI would pay folding money to listen to Alan Rickman read a phonebook. RIP, sir. You are sorely missed. 💔
Wendy Darling
2023-12-13 05:49:28 +0000 UTCThat's neat!
Cinema Therapy
2023-10-09 18:41:19 +0000 UTCMy sisters final paper in college was on Severus Snape; Villain or Hero. I am so so so glad and impressed that you guys (whom I love almost as much as my sister) are having the SAME discussion. It makes my heart happy
Caitlyn Jones
2023-10-09 16:21:25 +0000 UTC
