Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but why did the Hollis family "adopt" Miriam? Was she perhaps an illegitimate daughter? Did Charlotte's father have an affair with the sorry, up-north waitress who gave birth to Miriam?
shareI think she just came to stay for awhile after her "precious papa died".
shareSomething like that. Actually, when Charlotte said that I immediately thought up this elaborate story in my head that her father married 'below his station' and when he died her white trash mother couldn't be bothered looking after her so Charlotte's father was forced to welcome Miriam back into the fold.
Either way, I don't think she had a happy family situation.
But you are, Blanche. You are in that chair!
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Miriam's father was Charlotte's maternal uncle. When Miriam's parents died at the same time, the Hollis were her only relatives.
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Who ever said her parents died at the same time?
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Early in the film, we learn that Miriam's parents died in a common accident.
"When you first came here after your precious papa died, you acted as if we weren't good enough for you. And your mama a sorry up north waitress!" That's the only reference in the film to Miriam's parents. There is no mention of an accident.
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That sorry, low class, up-North, trashy wench Miriam was taken in by the generous Hollis family. Then she proceeded to stab them all in the back. By the time she returned years later, the lying,stealing, blackmailing, murderous little guttersnipe was out to destroy all that was left of the family. I'm just glad that Big Sam had those heavy flower urns placed on the upper verandah, and that Charlotte made good use of them.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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You've got that right, honey! Miriam had her fancy clothes and her phony manners, but as wise old Velma said, "I seen right through you!" Or as Mammy would say, Miriam was nothing but "a mule in horse's harness!" Trash is trash, and Miriam was as trashy as they come!
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.