1955. Upper West Side. Jackson Pollock seeks help from a psychotherapist practicing controversial methods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's 1986, about three decades after Jackson's death.
On a cold winter's day on the Upper west side, a woman called Maris has been sitting in a parked car watching a house.
She's on a stakeout, a stakeout of her very own home.
A kind of alternative utopian community hidden in plain sight.
That's Alexander Stiller, who has just written a book about this community.
You could drink as much as you want, you could sleep with as many people as you want.
You didn't have to feel guilty.
Great, what's wrong with that?
But it had a darker side.
The year before, Maris had had a baby.
Three months after giving birth, she is told not to see her child at all because she's a smothering mother and it's going to be a toxic influence on her daughter.
The kid was taken away from her and now Maris is parked outside the commune with two hired bodyguards, waiting.
Finally, she sees some movement.
The front door opens and out comes a pram in.