Kingsley plays Ford in a near-hysterical key throughout, his jealousy tinged with full-blown paranoia. |
The narcissistic presumption of centrality that underpins paranoia here gives birth to semiotic solipsism. |
They do whatever it takes to paint the blackest possible picture and bind their supporters to them with unreasoning bonds of paranoia. |
Add to this a splash of alcoholism, a dash of paranoia and a dose of misogyny, and you have a pretty nasty piece of work. |
It leads to a climate of resentment, division, distrust, suspicion, and even paranoia. |
It may well be the old congenital paranoia, but I detect more than a touch of wishful thinking here. |