Adult Phantasies

The malevolent myths mangling marriage.

“The concept of marriage is phantasmic” ~ Missy Jubilee

Phantasmic mythic, existing only in the imagination. Made-up, fictive, invented, delusional[i].

Missy’s latest film, LSD (standing for Love, Sex and Divorce), provides an incredible insight into what is truly important to this fabulous filmmaker. Through weaving words, she explores notions of identity, independence, curiosity, individuality and purpose. Through the graceful flow of her naked figure, we witness the serenity, confidence and inspiration these constructs provide for her. The dreamy backdrop not only instils a sense of calm in her contemplations but creates a chimeric context that cleverly reflects her view of marriage — being an institution that is far more hallucinatory than heavenly.

With this film, Missy illuminates and intensifies the growing disillusionment with the once sacred institution of marriage. People are walking away from marriage in increasing numbers, choosing either not to get married or simply formalising their union with registered relationships (as Missy says, for “tax purposes at least”). In the United States, by 2018, the share of people who never married reached an all-time high of 35 per cent. It is steadily creeping upward to match the number of married people, representing around…