TMC
03-25-2015, 12:49 AM
http://t.co/gu6xHn3AqA
"Kimmy survives not because she's unfazed by her troubles," says Anna North. "...Rather, she survives because she learns to deal with being fazed. She learns, for instance, to divide her scary and absurd life in the bunker (including stints 'turning a heavy crank, the purpose of which is unknown to this day') into manageable 10-second increments. Kimmy's not a paragon of impassive self-control — she is a human woman who is coping." PLUS: The key is to make horrible things funny (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/candy-girl).
"Kimmy survives not because she's unfazed by her troubles," says Anna North. "...Rather, she survives because she learns to deal with being fazed. She learns, for instance, to divide her scary and absurd life in the bunker (including stints 'turning a heavy crank, the purpose of which is unknown to this day') into manageable 10-second increments. Kimmy's not a paragon of impassive self-control — she is a human woman who is coping." PLUS: The key is to make horrible things funny (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/candy-girl).