Is that Patricia Douglas says she "feels nothing" and has never been in love. I'm sure it's a defense mechanism - a way of coping, but it just seems to sad to think that one man being unable to control his violent instincts could have robbed another human being of that most basic right, on top of all the other ways that it surely damaged her.
Skills on toast. - "Son of Rambow"
I agree. It's also sad that she never learned to love from her own family. Especially that mother of hers.
It made me wonder about all the families with cold unloving mothers. I wonder what happened to those mothers that made them that way. It was interesting to find out that that other girl that tried to press charges against her rapist had the same life as Patricia; Slept all day, showing no joy, etc. It's a shame that women that went through that didn't have the support that rape survivors have today.
My mother was cold and unloving and slept a lot (when she wasn't working). I found out later in life that she and her sisters and brother were brought up by a mother who left them often either with their grandmother out in the boonies or in an orphanage for a few months at a time. They were able to get away with such things in those times (30's). Apparently, my mom and her sisters were molested by one or more of their 7 stepfathers. I suffered a similar fate. I have to fight a tendency towards being a (what I have termed) hermette. I enjoy my time alone way too much, and when stressed, would love to sleep until the world works out its problems. Not too realistic, I suppose. My two autistic children (ages 21 and 20) do not allow me such a cop-out anyway. Fortunately, I pushed my mother, later in life (I in my 30's, she in her 50's) to spend time with me and we became close friends. I am so thankful for that. She died at 59 of a brain tumor, on my birthday (Feb. 29 1992 Leap Year). My 40th (10th in leap years). Broke my heart. There is truly nothing like loosing your mother. The daughter in this film was a sad little girl even as an adult. She needed her mother, but she had been stolen away. It's difficult for me not to judge Pat just a little for abandoning her daughter. She chose to have her... Still, if her tank was empty... I'm getting sleepy. I think I'll go lay down. ;^]
shareJust saw the movie..I am wondering if Patricia suffered from not only depression, but a mild form of schizophrenia, or a split personality disorder. She was public ally humiliated, I think the 30s was the time of the Depression anybody could be bought, the main people she thought she could go to were corrupt or just did not give a damn.
Think, this was a male dominated world in a male dominated business, that is still going on today although its called "The Casting Couch". Now only three well if you count the dude who took the MGM job for the rest of his life know what happened Patricia, The sleazeball and God
Naive, yes she claims she did not know about sex, she says she was a virgin, did not drink alcohol. The old boys' club were having a "conference" and snapping up all the youngest,prettiest dames they could. And Pat's mother was a piece of work don't tell your young daughter *beep* her go on out there to Hollyweird, that's like throwing a calf in a den of hungry wolves
Disgusting disgusting disgusting disgusting
This is usually what happens with victims of sexual violence. In The US at least, every woman lives with a 25% chance of being raped. This type of thing is way more common than you think.
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