{"id":9554,"date":"2025-11-16T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9554"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:34:26","slug":"comfort-sequels-the-psychology-of-movie-sequels-from-the-80s-and-90s","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product\/comfort-sequels-the-psychology-of-movie-sequels-from-the-80s-and-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels from the 80s and 90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae LGBTQ2 Memoir Winner!<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\">\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">This sneaky memoir celebrates<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">\u00a0the campiness and nostalgia of some of the more infamous (some might say underappreciated) sequels of the eighties and nineties, with brand-new interviews with cast and creative team members, while at the same time emphatically conveying the restorative power these films had on the author&#8217;s traumatic &#8212; sometimes even dangerous &#8212; upbringing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the late eighties and early nineties, while other kids were playing softball, Emily was sporting a Pink Ladies jacket, perfecting Michelle Pfeiffer&#8217;s \u201cCool Rider\u201d choreography from <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Grease 2,<\/span> and wearing out the VHS player. <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels from the 80s and 90s<\/span> tells stories from Emily&#8217;s life, through the movie sequels of their childhood. When a film touches us, makes us deep-belly laugh, and has that feel-good spirit, we want more of it. We want the continuing story. We want the same story, even, just recycled and offered in a slightly new way. What felt so good about the original can come back twofold and be the same, but different. <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Comfort Sequels <\/span>examines the psychology behind what makes certain movie sequels memorable, safe, predictable, and comforting. These sequels are more of the universe we love\u2014exploring something new while maintaining that which is familiar.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Comfort Sequels <\/span>is a sneaky memoir, celebrating the campiness and nostalgia that these films evoke. Every chapter is a love letter to a specific movie sequel. As a licensed psychotherapist and psychology professor, Emily interprets characters, story arcs, and major themes in a unique voice from a unique perspective while sharing fun and random behind-the-scenes facts about each film.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring interviews with Muppeteer Steve Whitmire (creator of Rizzo the Rat from <span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Great Muppet Caper<\/span>), Christine Ebersole (<span class=\"a-text-italic\">My Girl 2<\/span>), Stuart Pankin (<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Mannequin 2: On the Move<\/span>), Peter Mosen (<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Ghostbusters II<\/span>), Christopher McDonald and Leif Green (<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Grease 2<\/span>), and the \u201cCool Rider\u201d himself, Maxwell Caulfield (Michael, also from <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Grease 2<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Comfort Sequels covers the following twelve comfort sequels; <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Grease 2, My Girl 2, Karate Kid: Part II, The Great Muppet Caper, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, Ghostbusters II, Batman Returns, Dream a Little Dream 2, Mannequin 2: On the Move, The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter<\/span>, and <span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Evening Star<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae LGBTQ2 Memoir Winner! 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