Good afternoon ladies and gentleman of IMDB. I saw Proof this morning and it is a very good film indeed.
Why didn't Martin's mother take her son down to meet the gardener when he said he didn't believe her? I feel that if she nipped his distrust in the bud, when it first began, then it probably (cannot say for sure) wouldn't have developed into something bigger that would haunt him into his adulthood.
She was embarrest of her son. It seemed she didn't like him at all.
shareHis mother was some-what cruel and distant - much like Celia. That may have been part of the reason he kept her as a maid. Maybe he didn't want to go outside, or she didn't want him to go outside and be exposed to ridicule. She taught him to distrust the world and everyone in it, including herself.
share@maturity Good point there. Martin's ego was hurt by knowing that his mother was ashamed of him, and his way of putting her down was his thinking her an utter liar. Quite a similar thing happened with Celia; as he told Andy, "She wants me. I know that if I continue to deny her what she wants, she can never feel pity for me. Instead, I can pity her."
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