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 | | And here we have the first indication that Victor is not on the same wavelength as Anna, in that while she is practical, sussed and realistic, his vision of her is romanticised and bizarre. |
 | | Both Psycho and “Victor” are portraits of insanity: in the case of Psycho, Bates represents the textbook Freudian Oedipus complex; in “Victor”, the diagnosis is not so clear, but might be described as an example of religious mania, although sexual repression, guilt and low self-esteem are mixed in for good measure. |
 | | As a proposal, a solo album by Alex Lifeson, who is a third part of one of the major icons of rock over a twenty year period, with significant input from Auden, augurs well, but somehow the whole adds up to less than the sum of the constituent parts. |
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