Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is full of essential themes that perfectly blend into an anxiety-inducing thriller.
This subgenre has become a popular storytelling vehicle to capture a range of self-destructive moments and journeys.
These self-destructive plot points often force audiences to question the reliability and morality of the protagonist.
For example, when a titular character finds themselves compromised and then explodes, how much of their destruction is blamed on the individual versus their environment? It’s likely the protagonist will have a tragic fall arc where they decline into immortality or even death, so it greatly matters who the audience criticizes and why.
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