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BLESSEDBLESSEDOBLIVIONweavestogetheraportraitofmalethugcultureinEastJerusalem,manifestedingyms,bodyshopsandhairdressingparlors.InspiredbyKennethAnger’sScorpioRising(1963),thevideousesvisualcollageandthemusicalsoundtrackasironiccommentary.Anger’ssubjects—leather-cladbikers,serveasacounterpointtothecultureMannaattemptstoportray,thatofpopularmale“thug”cultureinEastJerusalem.Simultaneouslypsychologizingandallowingherselftobeseducedbythecharacters,Mannafindsherselfinadoublebindsimilartotheconflicteddesirethatanimatesherprotagonistashedriftsfromabjectrantstodeclamationsofheroicpoetryorunashamedself-praise.