it reminds me of that Mel Gibson movie where he starts using a beaver puppet to communicate with everyone
I watched it a few years ago with an ex, v blazed. it's a completely insane movie - he [SPOILERS] gets in literal physical fights with the beaver a la
Fight Club, and eventually it completely takes over his life and he winds up cutting off his own arm with a saw i.e. the guy in
Pi drilling into his own brain. also it was after his anti-Semitic etc outbursts so it's impossible not to read it as a metacommentary on his situation.
but the basic impulse behind it is similar to her with the monkey