Too talky, but interesting. The ending, though a complete deus ex machina—robbing the narrative of all force—feels both tragic and hopeful, which gives itself power: it says that we have to lie to ourselves to keep living, fashion a personality for ourselves because we can never be ourselves, or there is no true self; but it also says that if we are stuck in shitty situation we can lie to ourselves, reframe it by becoming someone else/redefining the bad in a new way, as something good.