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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ has the best take on mental health you never expected
There’s no simple way to sum up the Oscars favorite Everything Everywhere All At Once.
It begins with the premise that a Chinese American immigrant named Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) must enter the multiverse to stop an alternate version of her daughter, Joy (Stephanie Hsu), from annihilating their world. Evelyn’s husband, Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), is along for the ride. (Quan won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Waymond.)
The film is two hours of chaos punctuated by absurdist humor and nonstop action sequences, followed by a string of emotional revelations about Evelyn, Joy, Waymond, and the human condition. Without much warning, EEAAO becomes a depiction of how someone — Joy — can be brought back from the edge of their existence. Suddenly, the viewer comes face-to-face with a version of their own emotional pain as the movie’s fantastical scenes give way to something far more relatable: an unexpected but masterful story about mental health.
There’s Joy’s depression, a powerful current beneath her casual facade. It’s the interminable heartbreak Evelyn feels in the long wake of her father’s rejection. The grueling demands of running a small business as an immigrant woman have overrun Evelyn’s life — and her ability to marvel at everyday beauty. Though Waymond may be preternaturally kind, he’s not immune to the excruciating loneliness of feeling that the fissure in his marriage is beyond repair. In the Alphaverse, Joy’s alternate persona Jobu wonders if there’s a way to end all the pain; the nihilism that afflicts her is simply too much to bear.
Rather than utter the words hopelessness and suicide, Jobu creates an “Everything Bagel,” which is quite literally a bagel with every experience and emotion. When considered all at once, the totality of human experience renders life meaningless. The void at the center of that bagel is Jobu’s answer to suffering.
“The bagel is where we finally find peace,” Jobu tells Evelyn toward the film’s climax. In Evelyn’s universe, a parallel conversation with her daughter includes Joy confessing: “I’m tired. I don’t want to hurt anymore.”
Lorissa Carin, a 22-year-old Filipina American at San Francisco State University, sat in awe as she watched EEAAO, which she did more than once. Carin, who’s experienced depression and suicidal thoughts, and whose mother is an immigrant from the Philippines, saw striking glimpses of her own life and struggles in the film. In fact, there are almost too many moments like that to count.
In Joy and Evelyn’s strained relationship, Carin recognized her own longing to connect with her mother in ways made difficult by the constraints of language, culture, and generational differences.
Though Jobu is first positioned as the movie’s Big Bad because her nihilism threatens human existence, Evelyn comes to realize that she must be embraced, not destroyed. Carin found this moving as someone who has worried that her suicidal feelings were “monstrous.”
When Jobu and Evelyn find themselves transformed into rocks and perched on a cliff’s edge, in a universe where humanity doesn’t exist, Carin recognized the stillness and nonjudgmental connection she craves in moments of sorrow, uncertainty, and depression.
In an Asian American group telehealth therapy session that Carin attended, she and the other members talked at length about the scene in which Jobu is drifting into the Everything Bagel’s void but Evelyn reaches out to stop her disintegration. They each imagined whose hand might be on their shoulder in a moment of crisis.
“It was very healing to really to visualize that scene in my life, because it depicts suicide, it depicts nihilism, but it also depicts connection and wanting connection,” says Carin, who is writing her senior thesis about suicide prevention amongst Filipino American youth in the wake of the pandemic.
The filmmaker duo Daniels declined to speak to Mashable about the portrayal of depression and suicidal thinking in EEAAO, but the movie arguably makes its values about mental health clear. As Evelyn races to rescue Jobu, and by extension Joy, she recognizes how vital an authentic, loving connection is to her daughter’s mental health — and to her own well-being.
At first, Evelyn wants a crisp resolution. Evelyn confidently tells her father, visiting from China, that Joy has a girlfriend, perhaps thinking that finally revealing the truth will convince Joy that her mother sees her pain, and worth. But Joy refuses an easy reconciliation, forcing Evelyn to confront the complexity of their relationship. Yes, Evelyn may be disappointed by her daughter’s tattoo and the fact that she never calls, and yes, sometimes life feels absent of meaning or sense, but there’s a more important truth.
“I still want to be where with you,” says Evelyn. “I will always, always want to be here with you.”
After a few beats, Joy falls into a hug with her mother. In the alternate universe where Evelyn is trying to save Jobu from the bagel’s vortex, Jobu’s hand emerges from the darkness, and Evelyn grabs it to pull her from the void.
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Brett Wean, director of writing and entertainment outreach at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, says the movie contains important insights amidst the action and absurdity.
While it’d be a mistake to interpret the film prescriptively, Wean says the overarching message reflects what mental health professionals know to be true: Life can be taxing and overwhelming, and kindness and genuine connection can be a healing balm for emotional pain and isolation.
“It’s the story that life is messy and our connections with other people are what make us whole and give us balance, and ultimately that makes things OK, and that’s where the true meaning of our lives comes from,” says Wean.
Wean says that reaching out to a loved one for a caring, direct conversation about mental health or suicide may feel awkward or uncomfortable at first but can be all that it takes to connect them to help. At the same time, Wean says the film shouldn’t read as an indictment of those who’ve lost a loved one to suicide. While it’s helpful to know the risk factors and warning signs, Wean says that suicide loss survivors should never blame themselves if they miss those indicators, if their loved one didn’t exhibit them, or if they were unable to connect with the person who struggled.
However, through the lens of Joy’s return from the brink, the film helps dispel the myth that once someone starts feeling suicidal, they can’t heal or recover from those emotions.
“The big idea here is that suicide is never a matter of fate, or predetermined, or someone’s destiny,” says Wean.
Carin says Evelyn’s declaration that she’d still choose being with Joy even if she could be anywhere in the multiverse helped her solidify and embrace the idea of “being nowhere else but here.” Staying in the present moment, and not getting lost in the unrealistically high expectations of who she could become, has helped Carin diffuse the fatalism and nihilism that show up with her depression.
“The philosophy at the moment is to do things from love, which has been inspired by the communities and people around me who have shown me love,” says Carin.
UPDATE: Mar. 12, 2023, 5:32 p.m. PDT This story has been updated to reflect Ke Huy Quan’s Oscar win.
If you’re feeling suicidal or experiencing a mental health crisis, please talk to somebody. You can reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988; the Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860; or the Trevor Project at 866-488-7386. Text “START” to Crisis Text Line at 741-741. Contact the NAMI HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET, or email info@nami.org. If you don’t like the phone, consider using the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Chat at crisischat.org. Here is a list of international resources.
New plans for coronation revealed with Harry & Meghan Markle ‘expected to attend’ – as key questions remain unanswered
HARRY and Meghan are “expected” to attend King Charles’ coronation, it is reported.
Sources told the Daily Mail Buckingham Palace staff are including the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in the seating plans for the event.
HARRY and Meghan are ‘expected’ to attend King Charles’ coronation, it is reported[/caption]
But insiders say the California-based duo have not formally accepted the King’s email invitation for the May 6 crowning.
A source told the paper: “Harry and Meghan are being factored into all of the planning… The staff are certainly working on the expectation they are coming.”
But five key questions remain over the Sussexes’ coronation plans.
When will they arrive?
It is unclear when Harry and Meghan will arrive for the coronation[/caption]
It is unclear when Harry and Meghan will arrive for the coronation.
But events for the coronation will start on Saturday May 6.
They will continue over Sunday May 7 and Monday May 8, which has been declared a bank holiday to mark the coronation.
If the pair do decide to attend the coronation, their travel itinerary and plans will be tightly dictated by their personal security detail and accommodation.
Will they definitely come?
A spokesman for the Sussexes said last week the pair had received an email invitation from the palace.
But they added an “immediate decision” on their attendance will “not be disclosed by us at this time”.
The pair may be tied to the US as baby Archie’s birthday falls on May 6 – the day of his grandad’s coronation.
Royal commentator Ingrid Seward previously told The Sun she fully expected Harry to attend, despite the recent furore over explosive Spare and TV revelations.
She said: “I’m sure Harry will be there.
“How can he not come to his dad’s coronation after writing a whole book about forgiveness? I am not so sure about Meghan.”
Where will they stay?
The Sun revealed last week how Harry and Meghan had been sensationally evicted from Frogmore Cottage in Windsor[/caption]
The Sun revealed last week how Harry and Meghan had been sensationally evicted from Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Castle estate.
Prince Andrew is tipped to move in after being given his marching orders to get out of leaky Royal Lodge.
It means the California-based duo are without a place to call home in the UK and will have to find other lodgings for the coronation weekend.
What events will they attend?
After the coronation procession the Royal Family are expected to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace – it is not clear if Harry and Meghan will join[/caption]
The Daily Mail report that it is “likely” there will be negotiations around what events the couple will attend.
At the Platinum Jubilee last year the Sussexes were visible for some but not all of the festivities, such as appearing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
It has already been suggested that family members appearing on the balcony will be limited to working royals as part of the King’s “slimmed down” new-look monarchy.
But as the Sussexes are yet to even accept the invite, it is not clear what events the pair will attend.
The action packed weekend will see the King and Queen Consort will arrive at Westminster Abbey in The King’s Procession on Saturday morning.
This will be followed by the coronation service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and will “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry”.
After the service, the newly-crowned King and Queen Consort will return to the Palace in a larger ceremonial parade known as the Coronation Procession.
This is expected to include thousands of troops, military bands and other members of the Royal Family.
After the procession the Royal Family are expected to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Who will they sit next to?
Discussions on the events smaller details like where the pair will sit will will be triggered as soon as the Sussexes confirm their attendance[/caption]
Negotiations will “go to the wire”, not just over the events the duo will attend, but also who they will sit next to, what they wear and the security detail required for them.
This is all yet to be hammered out and discussions will be triggered as soon as the Sussexes put ink to paper confirming their attendance.
At Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, Harry and Meghan sat behind King Charles and Camilla.
And at the Jubilee last year, Meghan and Harry sat on the opposite side of St Pauls to Princess Kate and Prince William.
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iPhone 15 Pro’s Next-Gen Chip Capabilities Expected to Spark Upgrade Demand Among Current iPhone Owners
That’s according to suppliers involved in Apple’s iPhone supply chain. Quoting from the latest DigiTimes industry report:
TSMC’s N3E (3nm enhanced) technology will enable significant specification upgrades in the upcoming iPhone series, the sources said. Suppliers involved in the iPhone supply chain anticipate replacement demand for the 2023 models.
As we’ve been hearing lately, Apple is widely expected to adopt TSMC’s 3nm technology this year for the A17 Bionic chip that is likely to power the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models.
The first-gen 3nm process (also known as N3) is said to deliver a 35% power efficiency improvement over TSMC’s 5nm-based N4 fabrication process, which was used to make the A16 Bionic chip for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. The N3 technology will also offer significantly improved performance compared to current chips manufactured on 5nm.
Reports suggest Apple has procured 100% of the initial orders for the first-gen 3nm technology, despite the higher costs involved in manufacturing, suggesting rival smartphone vendors like Samsung are willing to wait until prices come down while they weather what is expected to be a bleak 2023 for the Android market amid global economic turbulence.
Apple’s faster A17 chips will be limited to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, while the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will adopt the A16 chip that was first used in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. TSMC is poised to move N3E – an enhanced version of N3 – to commercial production in the second half of this year, and Apple is again expected to be the first customer to adopt the process.
The 2023 iPhone 15 Pro models are expected to feature USB-C instead of Lightning, solid-state volume and power buttons, new periscope camera technology, a tweaked design, and more. For all the details, check out our dedicated iPhone 15 Pro roundup.
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