Dick Hanson, the weird hero of this modern psychosexual tragicomedy, was not someone who interpreted life as trivial, stupid or anarchic. He had a conscience: with his words and actions, he attempted to give meaningful direction to his existence. However, driven by his unmet inner needs, which are mostly sexual, he constantly found himself in inter-personal conflicts that magnified his pathologies. Within those existential entanglements, his compulsive sexual fantasies became a defense mechanism that also ensnared him in self-destructive patterns of interaction, especially with women. Through the force of his own powerful will, he periodically made momentary breakthroughs and found rays of hope and light. But in the end, however, the unexamined dark forces roiling deep in his psyche, tragically overwhelmed his quest for comfort, solace, and tranquility.
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