Open AccessReflections on Seeing HUG
Author(s) -
Emily Martin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v32i3.3272
Subject(s) - sign (mathematics) , plot (graphics) , masculinity , psychology , psychoanalysis , race (biology) , sociology , social psychology , gender studies , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistics
The following is a discussion of the film, HUG , a 2009 Sundance Official Selection. The plot of HUG focuses on when Asa, friend and manager, realizes musician Drew is off his meds, and the cross-town drive to sign his contract becomes significantly more complicated. Keywords: psychosis, sound, race, masculinity, disability