Narcissism in Film and on TV

staranonymouse wrote:Sunset Boulevard - definitely think that's a strong example.

I've been thinking about that since I posted it. I can't figure out why I thought she was histrionic the last time I considered that film. It doesn't make any sense to me now, except for her grandiosity.

It's weird. It shows how little I considered NPD for anything. As I trait surfed over the years, whenever my eyes landed on "narcissistic PD" I never identified myself with the stereotype. So, I never spent much time reading about it or thinking about it. It was literally not part of my vocabulary.

It's amazing to me looking at it now how clearly she's portraying NPD. I've been wondering if I simply had a stereotype which prevented me from seeing it, or if it was my conscious mind rushing me past any exposure to the topic ("nothing to see here, move along. Whew, that was close.").

Alec Baldwins "motivational speech" in Glengarry Glen Ross is pretty archetypal for the higher-end on the narcissist-sociopath spectrum in modern businesses imo. Also a pretty cool act he did there. ->

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9XW6P0tiVc

Was that Kevin Spacey playing his sidekick? Talk about type casting!

Esquire wrote:

NimplyDinply wrote:I am surprised that Esquire didn't mention House of Cards, lol. Granted he was not just a Narcissist but was probably more on the malignant side, but it is honestly one of the best shows on Netflix I have ever seen.

Hope this is not a spoiler, but in one scene Frank is trying to raise donations, is constantly rejected and appears to be having a micro-psychotic episode. I wonder if it was from the constant rejection.

Frank Underwood is probably a Malignant Narcissist, and actually a pretty good representation of one. He is calm, highly calculating, strategic, paranoid, and a megalomaniac. I would differentiate his type of NPD from the Narcissism of Leo DiCaprio's character in Wolf of Wall Street, who was a good example of someone on the NPD/AsPD crossover portion of the spectrum. Note how DiCaprio's character is very high-energy, likes to take risks, needs a lot of stimulation, etc. Those characters are both Narcissistic and sociopathic, yet they seem to be on completely different parts of the spectrum.

Why do you think Frank Underwood is a psychiatric case.

Sure he is a bit sociopathic/narcissism, but does that make him a psychiatric case?

I was watching Iron Man the other day - would Tony Stark fit into the NPD spectrum? That got me thinking about the other billionaire crime fighter - Batman, I almost feel like he's a covert NPD.

Do superheros come under NPD category? Huge martyr syndrome et all?

http://youtu.be/NriOZ6ofj_Q

I would say that's a definite yes!!

Why do you think Bruce Wayne is a narcissist?
What Bruce Wayne are we talking about?
Christian Bale?

creative_nothing wrote:

Esquire wrote:

NimplyDinply wrote:I am surprised that Esquire didn't mention House of Cards, lol. Granted he was not just a Narcissist but was probably more on the malignant side, but it is honestly one of the best shows on Netflix I have ever seen.

Hope this is not a spoiler, but in one scene Frank is trying to raise donations, is constantly rejected and appears to be having a micro-psychotic episode. I wonder if it was from the constant rejection.

Frank Underwood is probably a Malignant Narcissist, and actually a pretty good representation of one. He is calm, highly calculating, strategic, paranoid, and a megalomaniac. I would differentiate his type of NPD from the Narcissism of Leo DiCaprio's character in Wolf of Wall Street, who was a good example of someone on the NPD/AsPD crossover portion of the spectrum. Note how DiCaprio's character is very high-energy, likes to take risks, needs a lot of stimulation, etc. Those characters are both Narcissistic and sociopathic, yet they seem to be on completely different parts of the spectrum.

Why do you think Frank Underwood is a psychiatric case.

Sure he is a bit sociopathic/narcissism, but does that make him a psychiatric case?

I doubt he is just "a bit". If he took the Dark Triad test, I bet he would score very high on it

solstice1962 wrote:Was that Kevin Spacey playing his sidekick? Talk about type casting!

Yep, he plays the boss of that office in the movie.

Michael Keaton's Batman. "Wanna get nuts?" Ref. the video. Who wouldn't be nuts (ie PTSDed) if we'd seen our parents killed before our eyes as a child!

There's a sabre tooth tiger on those rocks over there and he's spotted me! What am I going to do? Stand and fight or become his next meal? I don't think a "healthy" ego is going to help me at this moment!

http://youtu.be/ypEaGQb6dJk