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Deirdre Burroughs:
I'm unhappy. Norman Burroughs:
I'm unhappy. Dr. Finch:
Norman. If you're so unhappy, why stay in this marriage? Norman Burroughs:
I don't know why. My son. Dr. Finch:
I don't think that's why you stay, Norman. I think you stay because it's comfortable. It's what you know. You were trapped in your childhood by a castrating mother and as an adult male you have sought the same female archetype. Deirdre Burroughs:
[nodding]
Well, that's - just - brilliant... and very true
I'm unhappy. Norman Burroughs:
I'm unhappy. Dr. Finch:
Norman. If you're so unhappy, why stay in this marriage? Norman Burroughs:
I don't know why. My son. Dr. Finch:
I don't think that's why you stay, Norman. I think you stay because it's comfortable. It's what you know. You were trapped in your childhood by a castrating mother and as an adult male you have sought the same female archetype. Deirdre Burroughs:
[nodding]
Well, that's - just - brilliant... and very true
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I'm unhappy
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Norman if you're so unhappy why stay in this marriage
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I don't know why
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My son
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I don't think that's why you stay Norman I think you stay because it's comfortable
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It's what you know
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You were trapped in your childhood by a castrating mother
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and as an adult male you have sought the same female archetype
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Well that's just brilliant And very true
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Movie Summary
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a mem


