But it's free of Oedipal drama and lethal stampedes, and the bad guys - in this case, rhinoceroses - even win redemption at the end.
And Nouvel didn't have to go through an Oedipal drama to design it.
Working with Chris Chase, Jean-Claude Baker has combined cultural and theatrical history with an intense Oedipal drama.
Appearances to the contrary, these films are not standard Oedipal dramas.
In a separate phone interview Mr. Penn acknowledged, "There's no question that there's an Oedipal drama played out."
"The Wizard of Oz" as an Oedipal drama, in which Dorothy "suffers under the domination of a mother figure" and finally achieves independence.
No Oedipal dramas here: just the familiar pattern of the child who lives out the subconscious fantasies of the parent.
I prefer Freud, at least to explain the near-murderous Oedipal drama that Harry, Harlot and Kittredge act out.
They criticize him for reterritorializing libido onto the terrain of a specific Oedipal drama.
Schiller's tyrant is evil in all realms; he even marries his son's fiancée, setting in motion a twisted Oedipal drama.