Deconstructing Harry: Difference between revisions

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* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|the Devil.}}

{{quote|"To Evil! It keeps things hummin'." }}

{{quote|'''Harry''': "How do you know so much?"

'''Ken''': "Well... I'm just you. Thinly disguised. You gave me a little more maturity. And a different name." }}

* [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure]]: Joan might have needed a lot of help after {{spoiler|being cheated on with one of her patients}} and getting divorced; we know she [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|didn't]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|take it well]].

* [[Death by Childbirth]]: Happened to Harry's mom; his father never quite forgave him for that.

** In one of Harry's stories, this is the reason his marriage to [[Florence Nightingale Effect|his former psychoanalyst]] failed: after the birth of their son, she rediscovered her Jewish roots, became obsessed with faith and tradition, and ended up leaving Harry for a dashing Israeli patient. In real life, though, {{spoiler|Harry cheated on Joan with one of her patients.}}

** Then there's Bert, Harry's brother-in-law; an observant Jew who Harry despises to the point of becoming estranged from his sister. {{spoiler|They later briefly reconnect.}}

* [[High-Class Call Girl]]: The Asian prostitute in one of the stories-within-a-story.

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Mostly played for laughs, of the smug variety.