_**Stylish, self-aware, and hilarious - a (mostly) enjoyable parody**_ My mother once told me that everyone has secrets, making it impossible to truly know or trust anyone, including yourself. She suggested we often hide things from ourselves. As a child, I thought this was sound advice, though I didn't fully grasp its meaning—or perhaps I understood it a little. Children have secrets: imaginary friends, actions they’d be punished for if discovered. Later, I realized my mother spoke from experience and wondered if she wasn’t just advising me but preparing me for secrecy and mistrust. Did she anticipate that I would grow up harboring darker, more shameful secrets than others? Secrets I mostly manage to keep—even from myself? Examining the dark underbelly of seemingly perfect suburban lives is a theme explored by filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock (_Shadow of a Doubt_), David Lynch (_Blue Velvet_ and _Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me_), Joe Dante (_The 'Burbs_), Gus Van Sant (_To Die For_), and Frank Oz (_The Stepford Wives_). More recently, novels such as Gillian Flynn’s 2012 novel, _Gone Girl_ (

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