Ethel...slow?
For lack of a better word (mentally challenged?) was Ethel slow, or just painfully shy? It was hard to tell...not that it really mattered, I was just surprised it wasn't made more explicit in the film.
shareReally hard to tell, true. Either way, she was lucky to have a mum like Vera. She didn't even have to leave her home to land a husband.
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne
She might not have been the brightest bulb, but I think she's mostly painfully, painfully shy to the point that she should really get some proffessional help to get out of it.
My thoery is that she left school early to start working, my impression is that most working class kids in Britain at that time left school in their early teens to help their parents with the economy. Perhaps if she'd been able to got to school some years longer, she'd have the possibility to appreciate her intellectual skills alot more, which helps alot on self esteem and shyness. Besides, her job didn't seem to be a good plae to sosialise, if she'd had another job where she met/talked to more people, she'd be forsed to open up more.
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- Who's the lady with the log?
- We call her the Log Lady.
perorewen wrote: "She might not have been the brightest bulb..."
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Not for the remark itself or what it connotes, but for the bad pun. Do you not recall Ethel's job?