New from David Reiser

	posted by Scott on Thursday July 11, @10:33PM from the DesertLight-Journal dept.
	Trudy W Schuett writes "The popular DLJ columnist is back, this time with a modernized version of "Medea." Far from being heavy or obscure, this David Reiser treatment of the story is readable, while being no less heart-searing than the original. As you may know, the most famous version of Medea is the Greek tragedy by Euripides, the dramatization of an event that has probably happened many, many times. In the Euripides version, Medea murders her children in front of their father, Jason (of Jason and the Argonauts fame). He had left her for a woman with greater wealth, power, youth, and beauty; not four attributes likely to endear him to Medea. Medea quickly realizes that the only way she can adequately achieve revenge against Jason is by murdering the children. One by one, they line up obediently, kneel at her feet, and allow her to slit their throats, as their father is forced to watch."

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wow (Score:1) by ABlevr on Friday July 12, @12:01PM EST (#1) (User #578 Info) Well worth the time to read. Unfortunately there is much that one can relate to in that writing. Jason's pain from destruction of the kids is all too real. I don't think I'd like to have David Reiser's dreams, reality is bad enough. It seems like we in the U.S. have many, many mental health professionals of different varieties and terms like schizophrenic (sp) and others are known to about everyone. It is also not uncommon to hear of the intense hatred such as described of Medea but, I really don't hear any terms to describe that characteristic or behavioral pattern. Most non-fembots acknowledge PAS but Dr. GArdner only identifies the hatred during custody wrangling. From personal experience and evidently David Reiser's, that intense hatred and drive to destroy lasts long after the kids are given to mom. I have also seen nothing on what can be done to effectively counteract the damage done by a hateful, driven parent.

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