Mermaids

“You Give Me Fever”: Mermaids and the Art of the Projectionship

Sydney Urbanek·

Issue 90: Frames

I like noticing new things in Mermaids—about Charlotte, about Joe, about Charlotte and Joe—with each pass of the film, realizing that there’s no real villain in their story, and that neither can claim to be the hero.

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