Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment..
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There is a moment—brief as a shutter-flash—when Harold, the perennially harried husband, catches his reflection in the hallway mirror and sees not himself but a lattice of obligations stitched together by someone else’s needle. The image flickers; the mirror does not shatter, yet something seismic cleaves his percept...
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Alfred J. Goulding
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" There is a moment—brief as a shutter-flash—when Harold, the perennially harried husband, catches his reflection in the hallway mirror and sees not himself but a lattice of obligations stitched together by someone else’s needle. The image flickers; the mirror does not shatter, yet something seismic cleaves his perception. From that sliver of self-recognition, The Dutiful Dub detonates its quiet revolution: a silent, twenty-minute carnival of domestic insurgency that feels both antique and alarm..."
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