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Dr. Evil and Ms. Prudence Putty-Nose

Daddy Wasn't There! is a song featured in the film Gold Member. Mike Myers plays the role of Austin Powers, the James Bond type, man of the moment who has issues about the absentee father who was ‘never there’ at those crucial milestone moments of his formal development. Hence the song Daddy Wasn’t There!

Austin had a twin brother, called Douglas Power, aka Dr. Evil who was thought to have died in a car explosion, and was subsequently adopted by a Belgian family who taught him to be evil. How this was done is of course conjecture, but I would suggest that Douglas may have been programmed to believe he was an exceptional type and people, all people, should, must defer to him and his specialness.

Dr. Evil is self-absorbed, needs to be admired, and scorns those who do not revere him as he must be. He has a fragile ego and demands that others validate his status as an exceptional human being. So fragile is his ego he must destroy those perceived to be his competitors or enemies, hence Austin Powers is in his sights. He treats his underlings as means to an end, to do his bidding, honour him accordingly, and who have no value beyond his wants and desires. He lacks empathy for others and doesn’t care for their wellbeing. He is a vain narcissist, who demands the world and others deliver him what he wants. There are no exceptions to this rule and those who don’t comply with his demands are targeted, eliminated.

What are the ‘must’ rules that Austin Power abides by according to Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy?

1.      I am special and everyone must treat me accordingly, and if they don’t, they will be eliminated.

2.      I must achieve what I set out to achieve. I must not fail.

3.      The world must be as I want it to be and nothing should discomfort me.

So, Austin and Douglas deal with their ‘daddy issues’ differently, one becomes an agent for good and the other for evil.

Narcissists wield their power in the ways of fictitious Dr Evil though the damage wrought on others is done so within the rules and often accommodated in systems where results matter more than the health and wellbeing of the of the people who work in for example education.

The fictitious and unfortunate Ms Prudence Putty – Nose, who needed an ambulance when narcissist supply was low, has much in common with the Dr. Evil persona. She has a grossly inflated sense of her own importance, demands that others acknowledge her specialness and will target and intimidate those who are superfluous to her needs. A close cabal of sycophant enablers carry out the orders of the bully Ms Putty – Nose who are on the payroll so to speak. Dr. Evil would be proud of her as she targets and intimidates those who she sees as competitors, the more popular and competent others on staff. Just to recall some of fictitious Ms Putty-Noses underhanded and malicious tools of her narcissist driven operations:

-          Social media information is harvested about those she hates; those who have personality, are well liked, and who are competent.

-          Slut shaming her nemeses, publicly and with malice.

-          Using school CCTV to spy on those she doesn’t like.

-          Spreading rumour and lying about others to disgrace and humiliate them, again with malice.

-          Lying to her line managers about people who don’t give her what she demands.

-          Standing outside targeted teachers classroom to intimidate, menace, harass and bully.

The Gold Member movie satire about the narcissist Dr Evil, abandoned by his ‘farger,’ adopted by people who taught him that he was the most important person in the world and should always, absolutely get what he wanted and the story of fictitious Ms. Prudence Putty – Nose have their real life equivalents whose goal is to cause misery and mayhem for others because they can.

These are fictitious characters and any resemblance to people living or dead (or seem that way or who smell a bit off) is absolutely and utterly coincidental. 

Self-absorbed Ms Putty Nose

Sits in her chair in quiet repose

Reflecting on her great prowess

Inhales the sweet scent of success

I am the best

Better than the rest

I know I am

Am I?


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