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Paul Hasegawa-Overacker's Guest Of Cindy Sherman
Paul Hasegawa-Overacker’s “Guest of Cindy Sherman” documents his complicated and decaded long relationship with the famous artist Cindy Sherman. In the documentary, Paul situates himself as the guest of Cindy’s art world, but from the scene I am going to analyze will demonstrate how Cindy situates herself as the object of Paul’s desire. Cindy gives an invitation to become Paul’s sexual thrall.
The first way Cindy demonstrates as Paul’s sexual thrall is by inviting him to her work environment. In the film, Cindy’s persona is created by other artists, art critics, family and her assistant. She is seen as this mysterious artist who is only seen through her work. She never allows access to the public to know about her life or her lifestyle. For

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