Before watching the drama, I was looking for relevant news reports with a curious mind. I was a little desperate when I watched it, and I felt very heavy after watching it.
After watching it for a long time, my heart is very confused, and I don't know how to evaluate this drama.
At the beginning, the tangled question was: there are already news reports and documentaries, what is the point of asking actors to recreate the incident? What is the highlight of this drama performed with the mentality of "reduction"?
Because after watching this drama, my mood was already gloomy and distorted, and I didn't have the courage and patience to watch the HBO documentary again for comparison. So let's put this question aside, don't talk about whether the actors are acting alike or not, and whether the script is true or not, just consider the true story. (I thought that as long as the play shows every aspect and angle of the event, then what it wants to make the audience think about will come out, so I don't think it is a difficult thing to dig out the theme of this article.)
The story is roughly that Dee Dee, who has surrogate Munchausen syndrome, binds Gypsy and deceives other people. Gypsy, who wanted to escape Dee Dee's control, met Nick, who had a schizophrenic IQ at 15 and 16 years old, on the Internet, arousing Nick's other personality Victor to kill Dee Dee, and then Gypsy denied killing Dee Dee at the trial. .
1. Why does Dee Dee suffer from proxy Munchausen syndrome:
Dee dee's marriage and childbirth are a mess - her husband leaving her, her mother despising her, and she's jailed for writing a fake check shortly after giving birth, making her nervous to monopolize Gypsy. The best way to make Gypsy inseparable from her is that Gypsy is seriously ill and can only stay at home, which can restrict her from going out and reduce her contact with outsiders (peers). At the same time, as a single mother without the support of her parents, it is easy to give people the impression of "a very loving and responsible mother", and Dee Dee also took the opportunity to make a lot of money.
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Why did Gypsy instigate Victor to kill Dee Dee: Imprisoned in a wheelchair for a long time, eating only through the esophagus, sleeping with a respirator, shaved hair, always dressed like a primary school student, she yearns for the lifestyle of a normal girl of the same age ——dressed up beautifully and coolly, had friends and lovers, quarreled with her mother and left the family to run a business - at the same time, she clearly hated Dee Dee's manipulation of her image; Gypsy was dubious about her illness, on the one hand, she would steal Dee Dee's food at night Said to eat snacks that would cause allergies to die. On the other hand, she was reluctant to lose her esophagus, which she didn’t need at all; Gypsy didn’t know her real age until she found out the truth. The truth hit her and the desperation she felt was huge. heavy.
Dee Dee's torture of her almost made her lose her sanity and dignity. In such an environment for a long time, if you insist on the truth you find yourself, if there is no superhuman will, you will be overwhelmed by the huge contradiction between the justice in your heart and the darkness of reality. And Gypsy obviously doesn't have such a firm sense of justice, so the change she made in order to survive was to erase some of her original correct ideas, and became more and more distorted under Dee Dee's control. Judging from Gypsy's behavior after instigating Victor to kill Dee Dee and killing Dee Dee, it can be found that Gypsy has a high IQ and knows how to disguise, but Gypsy, who hates his mother deeply under long-term abuse and repression, encounters a murderous personality. Victor's Nick Zhihu has no idea of resorting to the law to solve the problem. What she's looking forward to: Dee Dee's death is the start of a new, princess-like life.
(Actually, I admire that Gypsy can live for more than 20 years in that environment. When I saw Dee Dee pulling out her teeth and tying her to the bed in order to fight Gypsy, I felt very scary and disgusting. If I were Gypsy's words, I definitely can't stand such humiliation and torture, maybe I will kill myself in despair before I want to kill Dee Dee...)
3. Would Gypsy kill Dee Dee if she hadn't met Nick:
Gypsy and Nick meet and become the lead for the mother-killing, blowing up Dee Dee's long-term abuse of Gypsy. If Nick hadn't met Gypsy, his main character would be easily used by others, and he might be used by other people with bad intentions to kill (really miserable...). Gypsy is like being locked in a small dark room. She didn't choose to escape by calling for help and attracting people's attention. Instead, she blew up the house with a bomb and escaped.
Maybe Gypsy can avoid the tragedy of mother-killing by calming himself down every time he urges, but when will this torture endure for a long time... The way to escape: Fastest: mother-killing (I think Gypsy had this after meeting Nick This idea) - slow: ask for help from others, feel that Gypsy is a person who cares about his own image very much, to ask for help from others in the image of a weak and mistreated person, maybe Gypsy is unacceptable; the slowest - endure until Dee Dee dies, Or slowly poison Dee Dee.
4. Does Gypsy love Dee Dee: I think there is a twisted and contradictory love-hate bond between Gypsy and Dee Dee, they need each other. Externally, Dee Dee creates a look that Gypsy cannot do without Dee Dee. In fact, Dee Dee relies on Gypsy. The doctor tells Gypsy that she can drink Coke and Gypsy says "My mom needs me" when she asks her for a Coke, every night Dee Dee strokes Gypsy's head and says "You are my angel" Gypsy says "I protect you". Gypsy has already noticed Dee Dee's inner dependence on her. In one episode, Gypsy could escape from the house, but she chose to close the door, maybe because Gypsy hated Dee Dee's torture but still couldn't let Dee Dee go. After going to prison, Gypsy repeatedly said that she didn't kill her mother, she couldn't kill her mother, in addition to the false denial, it may also imply that she can't accept the fact that she abetted Victor to kill Dee Dee. In the final scene, she goes back to the prison and puts her head on Dee Dee's shoulder and directly points out that "the twisted relationship between Gypsy and Dee Dee cannot be severed".
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